Select the correct answer.
Which of these lines is used as an aside?
A.
"Suddenly a chain reaction of gagging and screaming starts from the back of the line."
B.
"(in a falsely cheerful voice) We are now ready to board for Flight 5B."
C.
"I'm very sorry, sir, but you cannot get on the plane with those."
D.
"Someone needs to tell that to the little guy draped around her neck."

Identify the following verbs by number and person by checking the appropriate boxes.

He for the bus each day after school.
(MULTIPLE CHOICE)
second person
same form for both singular and plural
first person
third person
singular (only)
plural (only)

The conflict in the story "My favorite chaperone" is resolved when?

In paragraph 3 of Selection 2, how does the author show that the reasoning against curfews is sound and the evidence is sufficient?


A)by listing the similarities between the two cities


B)by comparing both cities over the course of several years


C)by looking at the effects of different approaches of the cities


D)by reviewing the length of time the cities enforced the curfews


(The paragraph)
3 For several years, San Francisco strictly enforced its curfew and arrested more than a thousand teens over a three-year period. However, when the city stopped enforcing the curfew, there was no rise in crime. In fact, the crime rate in San Francisco went down. Neighboring San Jose did just the opposite: it began to enforce its curfew after years of having such a law on the books but, essentially, ignoring it. In San Jose, there was no drop in crime to go along with the intensified curfew enforcement.

Robots on Earth
Robots on Earth
by Jerry West

Explosions. Car chases. A man and woman, drenched in sweat, limping from a building as it crumbles to the ground, muster the last of their strength to rescue humanity from its inevitable extinction at the cold, metal hands of humanoid creatures with artificial intelligence gone awry. For decades, books and movies have dictated how we think of robots. Simply the word "robot" can bring to mind images of evil, mechanical creatures bent on taking over the world and wiping out every glimmer of humanity. And yet, the truth of machines is dramatically different. Today's robots hold little in common with their villainous cousins from action-packed science fiction. Most robots have no interest in harming the human population at all; they exist to aid people in making life safer, healthier, and more productive.

For example, jobs such as welding and painting are important to civilization as we know it, but experience has taught us that these activities can be hazardous to human health. In addition, fumes in automobile and airplane factories can harm organic bodies that become exposed to their toxins in the assembly process. Even when the best precautions are taken, workers may still suffer from lack of adequate ventilation. What is the answer to these difficult dilemmas? Robots. Because machines don't rely on clean air or comfortable temperatures, because they can function even in the midst of deadly gasses, they can take over with ease where humans would suffer greatly. Working together, humans and robots can get the job done.

A robot's job isn't limited to the terrestrial level, either. Even in space, machines such as the R2 humanoid robot at the International Space Station complete dangerous tasks for astronauts, protecting them from potentially deadly situations. And then, when there are mundane but essential tasks to conduct on the space station, R2 takes care of those, as well, freeing up the astronauts' time for more important responsibilities. Thus, in space and on Earth, robots manage to create healthier, happier humans.

In fact, there are robots on Earth that exist specifically to boost human health. Just as contact lenses enhance human sight, robotics can increase human mobility. People with disabilities and various forms of paralysis now have hope that they can achieve better range of motion, when before this wasn't possible. With the help of robots, scientists are working to create an exoskeleton that will attach itself to the outside of the human body, establishing a connection to the human brain. Neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis has a dream. "We are working with the Brazilian government, who is helping fund the project. At the 2014 soccer World Cup celebrations we hope to have a Brazilian teenager with quadriplegia walk out and make the opening kick."

Explosions and car crashes may sell tickets for the summer blockbuster, but robots have so much more to offer, and much of it is positive service to humans. At the heart of the field of robotics is not the creation of people-destroying machines with evil artificial intelligence, but something much more useful. Robots aren't our enemies; instead, they are the valuable result of scientific endeavors to create safer lives for people everywhere.

Write a summary of the article:
Write a main idea sentence for each paragraph of the article.
Put your main idea sentences together to create the first draft of your summary paragraph and include a topic sentence.
Revise your draft to make it more concise, effective, and objective.
Proofread your paragraph for complete sentences, proper punctuation, and correct spelling.
Remember that the summary should be objective and should not include your opinions or experiences.
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Which of the following examples uses quotation marks and commas to cite evidence correctly?

Group of answer choices

1 In scene 2 "the snow spread, like a soft blanket."

2 "In scene 2, the snow spread like a soft blanket."

3 "In scene 2" the snow spread, like a soft blanket.

4 In scene 2, "the snow spread like a soft blanket."

Please do all of them sorry its so long.
Read the story below and complete the assignment at the end.
02.02 The Great North American Circus

There was great excitement in Smyrna, especially among the boys. Barlow's Great American Circus in its triumphal progress from state to state was close at hand, and immense yellow posters announcing its arrival were liberally displayed on fences and barns, while smaller bills were put up in the post office, the hotel, and the principal stores, and distributed from house to house.
It was the largest circus that had ever visited Smyrna. At least a dozen elephants marched with ponderous steps in its preliminary procession, while clowns, acrobats, giants, dwarfs, fat women, cannibals, and hairy savages from Tibet and Madagascar were among the strange wonders that were to be seen at each performance for the small sum of fifty cents, children half price.
For weeks the young people had been looking forward to the advent of this marvelous world of curiosities, and the country papers from farther east had given glowing accounts of the great show, which was pronounced greater and more gorgeous than in any previous year. But it may be as well to reproduce, in part, the description given in the posters:
BARLOW'S GREAT NORTH AMERICAN CIRCUS.
Now in its triumphal march across the continent, will
give two grand performances,
AT SMYRNA
on the afternoon and evening of May 18th.
Never in all its history has this
unparalleled show embraced a greater variety of attractions,
or included a larger number of world-famous
acrobats, clowns, bare back riders, rope walkers, trapeze
artists, and star performers,
in addition to a colossal menagerie, comprising
elephants, tigers, lions, leopards,
and other wild animals in great variety.
All this and far more, including a hundred
DARING ACTS,
can be seen for the trifling sum of fifty cents;
children half price.
COME ONE! COME ALL!
Two boys paused to read this notice, pasted with pictures of elephants and circus performers on the high board fence near Stoddard's grocery store. They were Dan Clark and Christopher Watson, called Kit for short.
Answer the following questions.
1>What is the rising action?
2>what is the climax?
3>what is the Resolution of Conflict?
4>what is the Reflection?

How do Killer Kane's actions contradict his description of himself as a loving person?

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EXT 1 :Since 1983, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudanese Government have been at war in southern Sudan. The conflict has already claimed more than 500,000 lives and displaced huge numbers of people. Among these were at least 20,000 children, mostly boys, between 7 and 17 years of age who were separated from their families. These ‘lost boys’ of the Sudan trekked enormous distances over a vast unforgiving wilderness, seeking refuge from the fighting. Hungry, frightened and weakened by sleeplessness and disease, they crossed from the Sudan into Ethiopia and back, with many dying along the way. The survivors are now in camps in Kenya, the Sudan and Uganda

Question 1: What's the main idea,detail 1 and detail 2?

TEXT 2:This extraordinary exodus has its origins in traditional forms of migration. After being initiated into manhood, young adolescent boys in southern Sudan have generally been quite mobile. Organized into small groups of their peers, they would leave home for a period to look after cattle. Or they might head for the towns or cities to go to school or to seek their fortune, before eventually returning home. In addition, at times of stress families all over Africa send their children elsewhere to find safety, food, work and schooling.

Question 2: What's the main idea,detail 1 and detail 2?

TEXT 3:But during the war this process has escalated dramatically. Fearing they would be targeted as potential combatants, many boys left their villages and headed for cities such as Juba and Khartoum. Here they hoped to find work or schooling, though as these cities became saturated with migrants, the boys often had to resort to begging or petty crime.


Question 3: What's the main idea ONLY???

TEXT 4:.Others set out for refugee camps in Ethiopia. Some travelled with friends or relatives, others slipped away on their own at night. Few had any idea of what lay ahead of them. They believed the trek would last only a few days and discovered that they faced a harrowing journey of 6 to 10 weeks. Continually under threat, they would flee for their lives, losing their way in the wilderness. Often they lost everything en route—blankets, sheets, shoes, clothes and pots—to soldiers, swindlers or bandits. Many fell victim to killer diseases. Others were so weakened by hunger and lack of sleep that they could go no further and sat down by the roadside—prey for lions and other animals.

Question 4:What are the Hopes/Expectations and Realities


LAST QUESTION:Take a moment to jot down the central idea. So far, the author shows...

Which choice best explains why the author uses the metaphor "I'm living in the tombs" in the last stanza? (poem included)
A) to reveal how the speaker feels about childhood friends who have passed away

B) to explain that the speaker feels uneasy in cemeteries

C) to reveal that the speaker's surviving childhood friends will soon pass away

D) to explain that the speaker prefers to be alone

Please HELP 100 POINTS + Brainliest 8th GRADE READING CLASS


Writing an Objective Summary
For a story or novel
An objective summary for fiction
Focuses on the main events in the plot
Is short – 5 to 7 sentences max
Is written in your own words
Omits minor details
Does not contain your own opinions, feelings, interpretations, stereotypes, or bias
Is written in the present tense
What NOT to Include in an Objective Summary
Your own interpretations – what you think the author is trying to say
Your own opinions – what you think about the story or whether you liked it or not
Your own feelings
Minor details
How to write an objective summary:
Name it – Identify the title and author.
Verb it – Use a verb like one of the following:
Tells about
Tells the story of
Mention main character(s), setting, and the main thing the characters did or went through
Include important parts of plot (initial conflict, climax, resolution)
Remember
Name it
Verb it
Mention main character(s), setting, and the main thing the characters did or went through
Include important parts of plot
(initial conflict, climax, resolution)

Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

She was entirely unlike any other white woman I had ever seen. I could not approach her as I was accustomed to approach other white ladies. My early instruction was all out of place. The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her.

Which sentence from this excerpt best illustrates Frederick Douglass’s use of strong adjectives and verbs?

The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her.
My early instruction was all out of place.
She was entirely unlike any other white woman I had ever seen.
I could not approach her as I was accustomed to approach other white ladies.

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I lived first in a little house,
And lived there very well;
I thought the world was small and round,
And made of pale blue shell.

I lived next in a little nest,
Nor needed any other;
I thought the world was made of straw,
And brooded by my mother.

One day I fluttered from the nest
To see what I could find.
I said, “The world is made of leaves;
I have been very blind.”

At length I flew beyond the tree,
Quite fit for grown-up labours.
I don’t know how the world is made,
And neither do my neighbours!

Read the passage on the left to answer the following questions:

3)
What is the main image of the second stanza?
A) lots of leaves everywhere
B) a baby bird feeling safe inside its nest
C) feelings of warmth and security inside a pale blue shell
D) an eye-opening experience of viewing the world for the first time

10)
What story uses problem and solution?
A) Sam and his friends were playing baseball, and Sam hit a home run over into the neighbor's yard. A big mean dog lived in the yard and he barked when Sam came near the fence. The dog was a large Labrador Retriever. His name was "Killer" and all the boys were very scared of him.
B) Sam and his friends were playing baseball, and Sam hit a home run over into the neighbor's yard. A big mean dog lived in the yard and he barked when Sam came near the fence. Trevor suggested giving the dog a treat to calm it down. It worked and they were able to get the baseball.
C) Sam and his friends were playing baseball, and Sam hit a home run over into the neighbor's yard. Sam ran the bases while the other boys went to retrieve the ball. It was the winning run and all of Sam's teammates gave him high fives. After the game, all the boys went for ice cream.
D) Sam and his friends were playing baseball, and Sam hit a home run over into the neighbor's yard. While Sam was playing baseball, his sister was at ice skating practice. She had to skate for two hours every day and missed having free time. Every weekend she spent hours in competitions.

What is better?
A) Online School
B) School (actual school)
C) No School

Do people need a purpose in life? How do you think that purpose changes?
5 sentences please.​

In paragraph 2 of Passage 1, Jane exclaims, “I am not deceitful.” What reason does Jane have for using the word deceitful?


A)to explain that she is not lazy


B)to explain that she is not truthful


C)to explain that she is not forgetful


D)to explain that she is not dishonest


(the paragrph)
2 “I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed; and this book about the liar, you may give to your girl, Georgiana, for it is she who tells lies, and not I.”

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In paragraph 1 of selection 2, the use of quotation marks with the word " dangers " presents the author’s tone as


A)concerned.


B)indifferent.


C)questioning.


D)sarcastic.


(the paragraph)

1 When crime spikes in a city, one of the first things local governments propose is enforcing a teen curfew. Officials often use emotional arguments that teens either aren’t safe at night or are causing trouble. A curfew, they say, will help reduce crime and save children from all sorts of “dangers.”

Which is the closest antonym for the word sagacious?
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A imprudent
B benevolent
C archaic
D charismatic

Which is and example of a universal theme.
A. If you expect to be happy, you must give to charity.
B. You should always treat your friends kindly.
C. You should always do research before buying a car
D. One cannot have friends if one does not act like a friend

Adam and Eve were _____ with a decision to obey God‘s law or to disobey his command
A. Troubled
B. Confronted
C. Redeemed

In Selection 2, why is the phrase “ here for now” repeated at the end of every stanza?


A)to show that progress is important


B)to express that everything is impermanent


C)to express that the tour bus is standing still


D)to show that wilderness always triumphs over civilization




(the poem)
I gaze out the tour bus window at an ancient land.

The green fields could tell tales of centuries past.

Snaking rivers have chased their own tails and shed their blue skins

But are here for now.


5 I see a grove of trees sway slightly in the soft wind ahead.

Branches mime silent secrets beyond the window.

Shades of leaves have bloomed and faded and fallen again

But are here for now.


I look at a town of rubble beyond the passing trees.

10 Broken bricks and shattered shingles lie in a crisp grid of ruin.

This ancient village has prospered and faded, now felled by the axe of progress,

But is here for now.


It looks as if trees were planted to obscure the past. These walls of leaves hide houses in pieces.

15 Someone wants to forget this short breath of history that has come and drifted onward

But is here for now.


Ahead a city gleams, a new horizon on ancient land.

Miles of glass and steel that speak at night with endless light.

A great future has arrived—an immovable age!

20 A permanent page in humanity’s tome of tales!—

But it is really only here for now.

petulantly means:

O A. having petted an animal repeatedly

O B. often irritated

O C. often surprised

O D. suddenly irritated

O E. suddenly surprised

"But Robin Hood lay hidden in Sherwood Forest for one year, and in that time there gathered around him many others like himself, cast out from other folk for this cause and for that. Some had shot deer in hungry wintertime, when they could get no other food, and had been seen in the act by the foresters, but had escaped, thus saving their ears; some had been turned out of their inheritance, that their farms might be added to the King's lands in Sherwood Forest . . . all, for one cause or another, had come to Sherwood to escape wrong and oppression."
—The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle

Use the drop-down menus to answer the questions.

What happened as a result of Robin's conflict with the man in the forest?
ANSWER: He became a leader of a band of outlaws

What do all the outlaws in Sherwood Forest have in common?
ANSWER: They are troubled by unfair laws

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In Passage 1, how does Mrs. Reed respond to Jane’s outburst at the beginning of the excerpt?


A)as though she is a child


B)like she is a wounded animal


C)like she is an adult adversary


D)as though she is an adult friend


(the paragraph)

1 I gathered my energies and launched them in this blunt sentence—



2 “I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed; and this book about the liar, you may give to your girl, Georgiana, for it is she who tells lies, and not I.”



3 Mrs. Reed’s hands still lay on her work inactive: her eye of ice continued to dwell freezingly on mine.



4 “What more have you to say?” she asked, rather in the tone in which a person might address an opponent of adult age than such as is ordinarily used to a child.



5 That eye of hers, that voice stirred every antipathy I had. Shaking from head to foot, thrilled with ungovernable excitement, I continued—



6 “I am glad you are no relation of mine: I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to see you when I am grown up; and if any one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty.”



7 “How dare you affirm that, Jane Eyre?”
8 “How dare I, Mrs. Reed? How dare I? Because it is the truth. You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot live so: and you have no pity. I shall remember how you thrust me back—roughly and violently thrust me back—into the red-room, and locked me up there, to my dying day; though I was in agony; though I cried out, while suffocating with distress, ‘Have mercy! Have mercy, Aunt Reed!’ And that punishment you made me suffer because your wicked boy struck me—knocked me down for nothing. I will tell anybody who asks me questions, this exact tale. People think you a good woman, but you are bad, hard-hearted. You are deceitful!”

In Passage 1, how does Mrs. Reed respond to Jane’s outburst at the beginning of the excerpt?


A)as though she is a child


B)like she is a wounded animal


C)like she is an adult adversary


D)as though she is an adult friend


(the PAragrap)
In this section from the end of Chapter 4, Jane Eyre is still a child and is taking leave of her guardian, Mrs. Reed, who has treated her with great unkindness.

1 I gathered my energies and launched them in this blunt sentence—

2 “I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed; and this book about the liar, you may give to your girl, Georgiana, for it is she who tells lies, and not I.”

3 Mrs. Reed’s hands still lay on her work inactive: her eye of ice continued to dwell freezingly on mine.

4 “What more have you to say?” she asked, rather in the tone in which a person might address an opponent of adult age than such as is ordinarily used to a child.

5 That eye of hers, that voice stirred every antipathy I had. Shaking from head to foot, thrilled with ungovernable excitement, I continued—

6 “I am glad you are no relation of mine: I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to see you when I am grown up; and if any one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty.”

7 “How dare you affirm that, Jane Eyre?”

8 “How dare I, Mrs. Reed? How dare I? Because it is the truth. You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot live so: and you have no pity. I shall remember how you thrust me back—roughly and violently thrust me back—into the red-room, and locked me up there, to my dying day; though I was in agony; though I cried out, while suffocating with distress, ‘Have mercy! Have mercy, Aunt Reed!’ And that punishment you made me suffer because your wicked boy struck me—knocked me down for nothing. I will tell anybody who asks me questions, this exact tale. People think you a good woman, but you are bad, hard-hearted. You are deceitful!

for 10 points, Correctly spell the possessive form of the noun below:

Frances

Select the three quotes below from Passage 1 that best illustrate how Jane is feeling in her argument with Mrs. Reed.


A)“'I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you:'” (paragraph 2)


B)“… her eye of ice continued to dwell freezingly on mine.” (paragraph 3)


“C)Shaking from head to foot, thrilled with ungovernable excitement, ...” (paragraph 5)


“D)'I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, ...'” (paragraph 6)


“E)'I will tell anybody who asks me questions, this exact tale.'” (paragraph 8)

PLZ HELP
Read the following passage written by a teen hero:

I want to be a vocal advocate for nature.
I reject the idea that I am too young to make a difference.
I recently helped a group with a river cleanup.
I was mortified to see the destruction of animals and plants.
When I got home, I composed a letter to my state politicians and asked them to allocate more money to the local river cleanup effort.
I believe my vocation is to help citizens see that we are at a junction.
We can decide to subject nature to abuse, or we can decide to be a benefactor to nature.
I won't let obstacles detract from my mission.


The prefix and root in the word "reject" as they are used in sentence 2 give us an approximate definition. Which of the following definitions is accurate?
To pull toward
To throw away
To resist the pull
To throw toward