STORIES OF USEFUL INVENTIONS, excerpt

By S. E. Forman


1911


THE MATCH

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There never was a time when the world was without fire, but there was a time when men did not know how to kindle fire; and after they learned how to kindle one, it was a long, long time before they learned how to kindle one easily. In these days we can kindle a fire without any trouble, because we can easily get a match; but we must remember that the match is one of the most wonderful things in the world, and that it took men thousands of years to learn how to make one. Let us learn the history of this familiar little object, the match.


Fire was first given to man by nature itself. When a forest is set on fire by cinders from a neighboring volcano, or when a tree is set ablaze by a thunderbolt, we may say that nature strikes a match. In the early history of the world, nature had to kindle all the fires, for man by his own effort was unable to produce a spark. The first method, then, of getting fire for use was to light sticks of wood at a flame kindled by nature—by a volcano, perhaps, or by a stroke of lightning. These firebrands were carried to the home and used in kindling the fires there. The fire secured in this way was carefully guarded and was kept burning as long as possible. But the flame, however faithfully watched, would sometimes be extinguished. A sudden gust of wind or a sudden shower would put it out. Then a new firebrand would have to be secured, and this often meant a long journey and a deal of trouble.


In 1827, John Walker, a druggist in a small English town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. The druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. It is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. Although Walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. It could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. In a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. The match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. It would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. This was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar.
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What is the main idea of the second paragraph

Answer:

All you have to do is summarize that paragraph or just explain what happened.

And you'll get a good grade.

Why does the author include the information about Plato’s work titled The Republic?



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Book: A Long Walk to Water/who every read this book can answer the questions i have to get 100 points

Nya’s Story:
who are the Characters?
what's the Setting?
what the Obstacle?
what the gist?

Salva’s Story:
who are the Characters?
what's the Setting?
what the Obstacle?
what the gist?

1. What is the gist of chapter 1?

2. What are the habits of character the Lost Boys used to survive?

Which details help you understand that the ruby slippers are important?

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lord of the flies book
how have the boys found a rhythmand pattern of life on the island

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Which change to the text would make it a personal narrative?
A) removing the dialogue
B) changing the point of view to first person 'P
C)
including at least two additional experiences of
Derek.
D)
changing the chronological order to order of
importance

4. What does the caption on page 22 (“The Time Period”) help you understand?
A “The Monkey’s Paw” is based on a true story.
B At the time “The Monkey’s Paw” was written, no one in England had visited India.
C The portrayal of India as a mysterious and magical place was common in England when “The Monkey’s Paw” was written.
D In the early 1900s, magical monkey paws were popular in India.

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Looking back over the novel you’ve just read, what do you believe is its main theme? In 125 to 150 words, identify the theme and explain your answer. Be sure to use details from the novel to support your answer.

Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “listening to music”?

I walked to the store listening to music.
I walked listening to music to the store.
Listening to music, I walked to the store.
To the store, I walked to listening music.

Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”

When he fell down a second time, the dog curled its tail over its forefeet and sat in front of him, facing him, curiously eager and intent. The warmth and security of the animal angered him, and he cursed it till it flattened down its ears appeasingly. This time the shivering came more quickly upon the man. He was losing in his battle with the frost.

The dog is "eager and intent,” while the man is

o resentful of the dog’s natural protection.
o frustrated by the dog’s disobedience.
o confused by the change in temperature.
o satisfied with his own survival skills.

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why does joger throw stomes around henry but never at him

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Read the excerpt from the play Apple Picking:

Characters:
- Mischa
- Luke
- Mom
- Dad



Scene One


On an overcast autumn afternoon in the middle of a field with many apple trees. A brother and a sister have a ladder up against an apple tree. One is picking apples and placing them in a sack tied around her waist. The other is holding the ladder steady.


Mischa: (standing on the ladder and looking at an apple) I'm not so sure about these. They have a ton of spots and are not quite ripe.

Luke: That's alright, we're just making a pie for Sunday dinner anyway. No one will see the spots, and we can add sugar to sweeten them up.

Mischa: (Nodding in approval) Yeah, I guess you're right. Mom always likes her pie apples to be a little firm anyways.


Suddenly, the wind begins to blow strongly making the ladder tip back and forth slightly.


Mischa: (With an alarmed look on her face.) What's going on? There isn't supposed to be a storm today! We'll never make it back to our house before it hits!

Luke: (Holding onto the ladder as hard as he can) You need to come down! I can't hold the ladder much longer!

Mischa carefully but swiftly climbs down the ladder while the wind is still blowing. Luke holds on to the ladder as it sways back and forth. Mischa makes it to the bottom. They both look toward dark clouds rolling in quickly with thunder and lightning.


Luke: (Yelling over the storm) We'd better find some shelter! (Pointing toward a rundown old farmhouse.) I think there's an old farm house that way!

Mischa: (Also yelling) You lead the way. I'm too scared!

Luke: (Grabbing her by the hand) It's going to be okay! Run with me!

Both children run to the old farmhouse holding each other's hand. When they make it there, they enter through an open window.



Scene Two


In the kitchen of the old farmhouse. There is an old dusty table and chairs, but everything else including the stove is gone. The windows are broken, the curtains tattered, and the wallpaper peeling. The wind is picking up and blowing through. The children are calming down. Mischa looks out the broken window where a large dead tree sits close to the house, while Luke sits at the old table. The sack of apples sits on the table.


Mischa: It's almost here Luke. The branches on the trees are swaying all over the place.

Luke: (Looking at the old tree through the window) Come away from the window Mischa. It's a really bad storm, that's for sure.

Mischa: (sitting down in the chair opposite Luke.) I think it's a tornado.

Luke: It's not a tornado, but those are some heavy winds.


The wind picks up and the curtains sway violently. Something smacks up against the side of the house.


Luke: What was that? It's picking up.

Mischa: Where are Mom and Dad? Why aren't they here to help us?

Luke: Never mind that. We need to worry about ourselves right now. I think we should go down to the ...


Suddenly, a tree branch hits the window smashing it even more than it was. Luke and Mischa scream.


Mischa: (Yelling) To the basement!


The children run toward the basement when Mischa stops and turns back.


Luke: (Still yelling) What are you doing? Come back!

Mischa: (Still yelling) The apples! I need to grab the apples!

Luke: Mischa no!

Mischa runs to grab the apples. She gets a hold of the sack and turns around toward the basement again. As she gets to the basement door, the old large tree snaps, cracks, and falls through the kitchen wall. She is okay, but shaken.


How does the structure in scene one complement the events in scene two?

Scene one describes only two of the characters that will appear in the next scene. Nothing tells the reader about their relationship in scene one.
Scene one describes the setting, introduces the characters, and introduces a storm that calms down in in the scene.
The first scene describes the setting, introduces the characters, and introduces the storm that the characters will face in scene two.
Scene one introduces the characters, and introduces the outdoor setting that the characters interact in throughout the play.

what kind of personality dose the warden in the book holes have?

From this excerpt, the reader can infer that

A.Alice has grown used to the backward reasoning of this world.
B.Alice is still trying to use real-world logic in the looking-glass world.
C.Alice has had enough of this world and wants to go back home.
D.Alice is eager to spend more time with Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

Mr. Ridley

On the Friday before winter break, Mrs. Lyon was out sick with a cold. So, Mr. Ridley substituted for the day. Most of the students in Mrs. Lyon's class were normally well-behaved. However, with the anticipation of the winter break, they became a little wild. While Mr. Ridley was writing on the dry erase board, Margo threw a paper airplane at his back. The class giggled as Mr. Ridley spun around to see who had thrown the paper airplane.
"Class! Throwing paper airplanes at a teacher is unacceptable and disrespectful. Who did that?" Mr. Ridley asked.
The students kept their mouths closed and sat up straight in their chairs. No one volunteered any information.
"Fine then, you will all stay in from recess until someone tells me who threw the airplane," Mr. Ridley said.
Mercy wiggled in her seat. She wanted to tell the teacher who threw the airplane, but she was afraid that the other students would call her a tattle tale.
Alan, the class clown, was thrilled that someone besides him had done something foolish. He would never tell. He would expect the same loyalty from his classmates.
Margo felt nervous. She wanted to confess and apologize to Mr. Ridley, but she was afraid that she would receive a harsh punishment. She wondered how long her classmates would protect her.
Jervis sat and drummed his fingers. He didn't see who threw the paper airplane, but he guessed that it had been Alan. He was tempted to raise his hand and tell the teacher that Alan was the responsible party, but he wasn't completely confident. He really wished that someone would tell who did it. It wasn't fair that the whole class was being punished for one person's mistake.
Rosania was happy that the class wasn't going to recess. She had terrible allergies and wanted to stay inside. She hoped that no one would say a word until recess time was over.
Mr. Ridley walked around the classroom looking at each student's face as he went by. He thought he detected sweat and shaking when he walked by Fred. He wondered if Fred was the culprit. However, Fred just needed to use the restroom but was afraid to ask.
"Fred, you seem a bit anxious. What is it you want to tell me?" Mr. Ridley asked.
"Nothing, sir. I-I need to use the restroom," Fred stammered.
"No one is leaving this room until I find out who threw that airplane at me," Mr. Ridley said.
Margo could not allow her classmates to suffer any longer.
"It was me! I threw it! I'm sorry, Mr. Ridley," Margo said as she burst into tears.
Mr. Ridley hated to see children cry. He rushed over to Margo and gently patted her back.
"I forgive you. Don't cry," Mr. Ridley said.
"I was just being silly. I didn't mean to disrespect you," Margo sniffled.
"We will forget all about it. Let's enjoy the rest of our day together. Because you were honest, we will all play games for the rest of the day," Mr. Ridley announced.


A. Margo is eager, but Alan is hesitant.

B. Margo is regretful, but Alan is pleased.

C. Margo is happy, but Alan is worried.

What does an analogy do?

Here is the drama drama reading story

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What one thing you would like to tell me about you?
What is the most spontaneous thing you have ever done?
What words of wisdom would you pass onto your childhood self?

adapted from The Cave of Gold
by Everett McNeil

I was up at dawn and found everybody up and awaiting eagerly the moment when there would be sufficient light in the canyon to make the climbing of the Big Tree and the entrance into Crooked Arm Gulch safe. At last Mr. Conroyal declared that the great moment had come.
"But," and he glanced around the group of eager faces, "we need one man here to stand guard. Who is willing to stay behind?"
For a moment, no one appeared willing to make this sacrifice. Then, with a smile on his face, Frank Holt offered.
"Reckon I'll stay," he said. "I'm not as young as I once was, and crawling along that rock is dangerous to legs as old as mine."
We set off to climb Big Tree. You may be sure that there were no laggards among us.
When we reached the gulch, Ham said, "Now, the first thing to do is to get down to the bottom."
"That looks easy! Right this way!" Thune began excitedly clambering down the rocks.
Soon, we all stood at the bottom of Crooked Arm Gulch. We excitedly looked around for the entrance to the Cave of Gold, looking in vain. In front of us the wall of the gulch had been hollowed out into a great overhanging arch, seventy-five or more feet in height and some fifteen feet deep.
Could this be the miner's Cave of Gold?
In a minute more, we all were searching for the hidden entrance to the cave on the back wall of the arch.
Thune stopped in front of a large flat rock that had fallen so that it stood nearly on edge, leaning against the back wall of the arch. "Come, give me a hand, Bud," he said to me, "and let's see what is behind this rock."
In a moment, we were tugging at the huge slab of rock and, at last, with a mighty effort, we pulled it away from the wall, revealing a black opening in the solid rock.
"Bravo!" I yelled.
"Found!" shouted Thune, and both of us made a dive for the hole, but Ham stopped us.
Ham thrust his body into the opening and began cautiously working his way forward.
In about five minutes, Ham came backing hurriedly out.
"Who's got the candles?" he cried excitedly. "There's a cave, but we must have lights."
Ham caught up one of the candles and, quickly lighting it, crawled into the hole again, holding the candle out in front of him.
Thune followed.
"The rest of us had better wait outside until we hear from Ham," Mr. Conroyal said, staring anxiously into the hole.
For perhaps ten minutes we waited, although to the uneasy and excited watchers outside it seemed more like an hour, because not a sound came from the hole. Then, suddenly, the excited voice of Thune was heard, booming out through the hole.
"It's the cave, the Cave of Gold!" he cried exultantly, his voice trembling with excitement. "Come in, all of you. There is room for all. I will hold my candle so that you can see."
In five minutes, we were staring wonderingly around us. The bottom of the cave was level and composed of a very coarse gravel, mixed with little rounded chunks of a yellowish metal that glowed in the light of the candles like thousands of dull yellow coals of fire.
Ham knelt down. In a voice hardly above a whisper, he said, "It is gold!"
At long last, we had found the old miner's lost cave of gold.

How would this story be different from Ham's point of view?
A.
There would be more details about what is inside the rock's opening.
B.
There would be more details about how Thune helped him reach the cave.
C.
There would be more details about the people waiting outside the cave.

the cask of amontillado questions

1. The Montresor family motto is “To punish with impunity.” What does this mean? How does it relate to Montresor’s goal towards Fortunato?

2.The name “Fortunato” in Italian means “fortunate or lucky one.” Is Fortunato lucky in this short story? Use evidence from the reading to support your answer.

3.When Montresor encounters Fortunato at the carnival, he is wearing a jester’s outfit with cap and bells while Montresor is wearing a black cloak. How do these costumes foreshadow the events of the story?

4.It is implied that Fortunato has insulted Montresor’s family. How is Montresor’s method of killing him fitting to this crime? Think about the location.

5.Montresor explains at the beginning that Fortunato has mistreated him “thousands” of times. Do you think that murdering him is justified based on this description? Explain why or why not.

Once inside Clinton Hall, the writer found a different climate. At the end of a swarming corridor a fortification had been set up, made of desks and tables; this was the League's information bureau, where scores of confused, excited workers waited to register for the union. Heavily bearded old men pushed through the crowd selling apples and pretzels from baskets.

Which best states the author’s purpose for describing the inside of Clinton Hall in the text?

to challenge the reader’s ideas about the importance of the league
to help the reader imagine what the hall looked, felt, and smelled like
to give the reader facts about the hall’s size and the number of people there
to show the reader how the league in the past is the same as it is today

BRAINLIEST AND 100 POINTS

Step 1:

Describe how amendments have affected Americans' participation in government.



Give specific examples from the lesson, including amendment names or numbers.






Step 2:

Brainstorm an idea for a new amendment to the Constitution. Answer the following questions about your new amendment idea.

What will this amendment do?



Whom will it benefit and how?



Step 3:

Identify the process that your amendment will have to follow to become part of the Constitution. Some information appears for you.

Amendment Process: Two Main Steps
1: ____________________
2: Ratification
Method 1


Method 2
Two-thirds of state legislatures request a national convention


Step 4:

In your own words, answer the following questions about the amendment process.
Why did the Founding Fathers create an amendment process for the Constitution?



Why did they make the amendment process difficult to achieve?

What does Freak mean when he calls television the “opiate of the masses.”

Select all that apply.
Which words in the sentence below should be capitalized?
mr. and mrs. hunt are members of the elks club of topeka, kansas.
mr.
mrs.
hunt
members
elks
club
topeka
kansas

How would you paraphrase this answer on question five?

“While the Rorschach and the other projective techniques may be valuable in certain specific situations, the reviewers argue, the tests' ability to diagnose mental illnesses, assess personality characteristics, predict behavior or uncover sexual abuse or other trauma is very limited.”
“What are the parts of this sentence?”
“Can we rearrange or divide this sentence into two or more sentences? What do we have to remove or change?”
“What phrases or clauses do you notice? How do those help you understand this sentence?”
“Are there any conjunctions in this sentence? What do those conjunctions mean?”
Write what you notice about this sentence below? Grammar? How can the sentence be broken down?

List the things you notice below.




Write the sentence in a different way below.

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Subject: Gym

The 5 components of health related fitness?

Which has a more positive connotation?
A. a snicker
B. a chucklle

Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.

"or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch."

How does this metaphor reveal Collins’s message?

The metaphor suggests that poetic themes are serious and dark.
The metaphor suggests that readers should explore poems in depth.
The metaphor insists that readers should move about while reading.
The metaphor insists that one must know the poet to understand the poem.