Read the excerpt and then answer the question that follows. "I offered to lie down that he might the more conveniently reach my ear, but he chose rather to let me hold him in my hand during our conversation. What is the BEST explanation for this description? A)The narrator is a giant compared to his very small guest. B)The narrator is pretending to defer to the guest's weaker political power. C)The narrator is feeling ill but makes time to listen to his guest. D)The narrator respects the guest's significant political stature.

Answer:

A)The narrator is a giant compared to his very small guest.

Explanation:

This is the excerpt from Johnathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels". It is a political satire, revolving around Gulliver who travels into remote, fictional lands.

This is the excerpt from the first part of the book, where he finds himself on the island of Lilliput, inhabited by a race that is only few inches tall.

This is the explanation for the strange situation described in this excerpt where the narrator holds his guest in the hand during conversation.

Which element do poetry and prose often share?
A. Imagery
B. Line breaks
C. Enjambment
D. Stanzas

Read the excerpt from The Ancient City.

Vase paintings show boys sitting on stools holding wood-backed wax writing tablets. They wrote on the wax with a stylus, a sort of bone or metal pencil pointed at one end and flattened out in a leaf shape at the other. . . . The flattened end was used for smoothing out the wax to make corrections. Occasionally they were allowed to write properly, with a reed pen and ink on papyrus. All books were written on papyrus, and rolled up in scrolls rather than bound in pages.

What does the author use to create description in this excerpt?

The author uses adjectives to show what the scrolls looked like.
The author uses nouns to tell about the tools with which the boys wrote.
The author uses adjectives to demonstrate how difficult it was to write.
The author uses nouns to describe the assignments the boys had.

Locate the infinitive and determine how it is used.
James hopes to succeed as a doctor.

Select all of the words that should begin with a capital letter. they read the poem "jabberwocky" in class on monday. they read the poem "jabberwocky" in class on monday

Which line from Matilda by Roald Dahl contains dialogue?

1
Read each passage and pick the correct setting (time and place). Make sure to pick the BEST answer.

As the night ended, the sun splashed across Casey’s bed. He opened his eyes slowly. The first thing he saw was the beautiful blue ribbon on his bookshelf

6.In the sentence "If you lose the game, you will be poor" , which connector ? *

a) you
b) if
c) poor

7. Which sentence expresses a conclusion? *

a) He was doing the dishes while I was watching tv.

b)Here you can also learn Spanish.

c) We just bought a new car, so we are going to the beach tomorrow.

8. Connect the 2 phrases using one of the "linking words" below : "We have a new product. We are going to launch a new website."

a) on the other hand
b) in addition to that
c) however



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“These new effects rippled through the food web. As zooplankton rebounded, so did native mussels and clams. Scientists anticipate some fish species will rebound too as their food supply increases.”

What does the author mean by the phrase “rippled through the food web”?
did not impact other parts of the food web
had effects on other parts of the food web
caused harm to other species in the food web
completely changed the relationships in the food web

Line 28 ("Spring ... wonder") most clearly marks a shift in the speaker's focus from the practical task at hand to

Narratives consist of five major parts. Place the parts in the proper order in which they appear in a narrative. 1 Climax 2 Denouement/Resolution 3 Rising Action 4 Falling Action 5 Expostion​

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I NEED HELP WITH MY ENGLISH WORK CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME I HOPE YOU CAN READ IT​

joshua is preparing a report to show the relationship between average kinetic energy and temperature

In Selection 2, the author argues that one failing amongst the scientific community was that Franklin was never nominated for a Nobel Prize for Medicine. Is the evidence supporting the claim valid?

How would a film version most likely emphasize the men’s emotions during this scene?

Which word is most clearly used denotatively?

Which details develop the central idea that the leaders believe that they deserve more than the other animals? Check all that apply. “The early apples were now ripening.” “The grass of the orchard was littered with windfalls.” “The animals had assumed as a matter of course that these would be shared out equally.” “All the windfalls were to be collected . . . for the use of the pigs.” “All the pigs were in full agreement on this point, even Snowball and Napoleon.”

What are logos and can u give me some examples

Who is the antagonist in the bachelor's story? (The Story Teller)

Bertha
the prince
Bertha's aunt
the wolf

Write an sentence with active verbs about cooking

Sameone is feeding cows into passive voice​

to ensure that the federal government plays a central role in enforcing the standards established in this act on behalf of individuals with disabilities. The above section of the Americans with Disabilities Act explains who is to make sure the act is obeyed explains that discrimination still happens today provides the constitutional basis for the act states the primary purpose of the act

20 points

Which of the followings is not a type of fraud

1 misleading commercial

2embezzlement

3" bait and switch" selling

4 pyramid scheme

1. In Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, how does Anne make a distinction between herself and Peter van Daan?

She thinks she is more patient than Peter.

She thinks that Peter doesn't feel the need to be loved as much as she does.

She sees Peter as more easily influenced than herself.

She concludes Peter is more sensible than she is.

2. Part A

Which sentence best conveys Anne Frank's viewpoint regarding moral choices in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl?


She believes that people should do what's right, not what's easiest.

She says that people need less guidance when making moral choices.

She believes that moral choices should be made only with others' approval.

She claims that strong-willed people can easily make immoral choices.

Part B

How does Anne acknowledge a viewpoint that conflicts with hers that is described in Part A?


Anne tells Peter that she thinks he should be strong.

Anne thinks about how Peter tells her he is tempted to make easy choices.

Anne writes about how Peter has difficulty making decisions.

Anne spends less time with Peter because she thinks that his values don't match hers.

3. In Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, how does Anne Frank respond when her father tells her she has hurt him by assuming that he has not supported her?

She decides to carry on as if nothing has happened.

She ignores her father because she has been misunderstood.

She resolves not to make hot-headed accusations.

She refuses to believe she was wrong.

Use the text passage to answer the question.

Whatever you post online—whether a silly picture, angry comment, or sharing about a chronic illness—is there forever. Delete it all you want, but colleges and employers can and will find it. The discovery may give them a negative impression of you, stopping them from offering you admission or a job.

Which of the following is a proper paraphrase of this text passage?

Whatever you post online is there forever. It can prevent you from getting a job.
According to the author, anything a person posts on the Internet "is there forever."
What a person posts online can follow them forever and negatively affect his or her future.
Posting personal information online, such as pictures and thoughts, cannot be permanently deleted. Others could find it, which can affect career or school options even years into the future.

Read the excerpt from Anthem

Perhaps, in those days, there were a few among men, a few of clear sight and clean soul, who refused to surrender

that word. What agony must have been theirs before that which they saw coming and could not stop!

Which best describes how the words clear sight and clean sour reflect the philosophy of Objectivism?

They suggest that reality exists outside the mind, whether or not a person can perceive it

They suggest that each person has a unique version of reality because it is based on individual perception

They suggest that some people have supernatural abilities and can see the future

They suggest that the ability to perceive reality does not exist in modern life because it was lost in the past

Adity

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Samples to an introduction letter​

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Select one simile from the paragraph below.


Whatever the small indulgences with which Granny Wallon warmed up
her old life, her neighbour, Granny Trill, had none of them. For 'Er-Up-
Atop was as frugal as a sparrow and as simple in her ways as a grub.
She could sit in her chair for hours without moving, a veil of blackness
over her eyes, a suspension like frost on her brittle limbs, with little to
show that she lived at all save the gentle motion of her jaws.

characteristics of a totalitarian

Story of mice of men "Buckin Barley" was a phrase that means
packaging and lifting grain
eating whole grain pancakes for breakfast
going against the boss's orders
a game you played with horse shoes