Nights and Dragons— From the memoir of author Abigail Prynne 1 I sit at my desk listening to thunder growl outside my window. Flashes of light burst through the darkness, and wind races past my window. The thrilling combination of sight and sound conjures up visions of dragons roaring proudly, breathing fire, and soaring across the midnight sky. Dragons first fascinated me when I was a little girl. They have followed me ever since. The magnificent creatures appeared in storybooks I read in the library, paintings I saw in museums, movies I watched in the theater, and the dreams I had in my sleep. By the time I was thirteen, one question consumed me. I wanted to know if dragons ever existed, so I set out on a quest for facts. 2 As I started my research, I discovered many skeptics. Scientists presented evidence to show why dragons could not—and did not—exist. They explained that it would be impossible for dragons to fly because they would be too big. They laughed at the idea of dragons breathing fire. They pointed out that no other animal has ever done this. They said that if dragons had lived, someone would have found remains somewhere in the world. No bones about it, there were plenty of logical explanations. It would have been easy for me to accept that the only place dragons ever existed was in the imaginations of those who believed. 3 I could have given up, but I thought about my grandmother. She always told me that "people who believe that science is the answer to everything are missing out on everything else." With her words in mind, I searched some more. There were many facts that hinted that dragons may not be fictional. I noticed that cultures across the world all described dragons in similar ways. This was odd because they had no way to communicate with each other. I found dragons mentioned in more than just stories. They appeared in old legal papers, in the travel logs of Marco Polo, and in the Bible. I saw that the Chinese calendar uses a different animal each year. Dragons are included along with eleven real animals. I began to believe it was a real possibility that all of these people were talking about a creature that actually existed. 4 With renewed hope that there was some truth to the legends, I looked for new research. I found that some experts disagreed with popular arguments against dragons. They suggested that a dragon could have four stomachs like a cow. If it created stomach gases like birds, it might create enough to lift itself off the ground. This would give it the ability to fly. If it forced out air when diving toward the earth, it might release gases which could ignite into flame. When the animal died, the stomachs would release strong acids that would dissolve its dead body over time. Biologists backed up these ideas with sketches and models based on known animals. Not everyone agreed with these ideas, but many of the things we accept about dinosaurs and other extinct species started the same way. 5 I doubt we will ever truly know whether dragons existed. There may always be two sides to the fiery debate. Some will say the stories come from active imaginations. Some will believe with all their hearts that the legendary creatures roamed our ancient world. I don't know for certain which side to believe, but the sound and fury of a night like this makes me smile. It rekindles my childhood dreams and keeps the exciting possibility alive. Which sentence from paragraph 4 makes an explicit statement without offering any implicit suggestions? With renewed hope that there was some truth to the legends, I looked for new research. If it created stomach gases like birds, it might create enough to lift itself off the ground. Biologists backed up these ideas with sketches and models based on known animals.
Answer:
1The main idea would be "Scientists have lots of evidence to explain why dragons don't exist."
2. Emphasized by the evidence and word choice related to scientific evidence
3. The main idea would be "I have always wondered if dragons existed, and I hope they did."
4. Displayed through the author's nature of questioning and evaluating different kinds of evidence and ideas.
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In the space below write an essay in response to one of the following questions:
What sins are punished most severely and why?
Or what does Inferno indicate about medieval values?
You must also respond to this question: Do you agree with Dante's hierarchy of Hell? Why or why not?
Answer:
1.The sins are killing, kidnapping, lie there are lots but these are very dangerous
Who is the story about? Who else is included in the story? Why does the main character act a certain way? the story is: "A Retrieved Reformation"
Answer:
This story is set in the American Midwest during the early 1900s.
Jimmy Valentine is a skilled safe-cracker and does time in prison. He is allowed to go back into society when he is paroled. The main characters are as follows: Jimmy Valentine, Mike Dolan - his partner in crime, Jimmy's love of his life - Annabel Adams. Annabel's family is also a part of the story.
In the beginning, the warden reminds Jimmy that he is not a bad person, just that he has a bad habit of cracking safes. He goes to his friends - which is in a hotel - and finds his stashed tools that he used to use to crack safes. Jimmy wants to rob another bank, but he sees a girl and falls in love. Yep, that quick! He lies about his name and is accepted into his love's family. Would you believe that Annabel is the banker's daughter??? Story goes on as Agatha is locked in the safe. She is going to run out of air and die. Oh, but who will be able to save her?
This story is really about how a person can change - but how Jimmy - who wanted to change, has his past catch up with him. He starts robbing again. Love can change people. The irony in the story is that he is able to forget that he is a robber/burgler - due to the love of Annabel. But, remember that she is the banker's daughter and this puts Jimmy right where he can rob again.
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Explanation:
Frank McCourt, Whose Irish Childhood Illuminated His Prose, Is Dead at 78:” What is the meaning of “whose Irish childhood illuminated his prose” as it is used in the title? Question 45 options: a) McCourt became a despised novelist because he fictionalized his upbringing. b) The colorful descriptions of the Irish landscape are irrelevant to his writings. c) McCourt’s writing was at its most powerful when channelling his Irish roots. d) McCourt used his Irish heritage as a crutch to cover up lackluster writing skills.
Answer:
C
Explanation:
You are arvind/anushka sharma, secretary of the eco club of your school. The school is celebrating " ban the plastic week" to create awareness regarding the harm caused due plastic. Draft a suitable notice in not more than 50 words Body......... Ban the plastic The eco club is observing a Plastic Ban Week from 12 August,2020 in our school. Several activities including songs, short plays and poster making c Competitions will be held to create awareness about the ill-effects of plastics on our environment. For futher details, contact the undersigned.
Answer:
just make a bunch of posters advertising the trash hole in the ocean and how it's bad for the world
Explanation:
Answer: just make a bunch of posters to understand it
Explanation:
try your best and write it down
"THE NECKLACE" What is the setting? What is the exposition? What happens during the rising action? What is the climax? What happens after the climax? How does the story end?
Answer:
Setting: Paris, France, at the close of the 19th century.
Exposition: the characters and setting are introduced, as well as the central dramatic question. In the exposition of "The Necklace," the reader learns important information about the Loisels and the conflict is introduced
Rising action: Loisel is a hit, everyone loves her.
climax: Madame Loisel realizes that the necklace she borrowed from a friend is truly lost.
after the climax: After days of searching, she and her husband decide to replace it with a one that looks identical.
Ending: Working ten long years to pay off the loans, Madame Loisel sees Madame Forestier and decides to share the truth about losing the necklace and replacing it.
Explanation:
Answer:
is this the story where the woman loses that nice necklacve and buys a more expensive one only to find out the other one was way less?
Explanation:
Which preposition should be added to best connect the sentence below? Ten chairs were lined up _______ the east wall. Question 6 options: a) pending b) underneath c) along d) This sentence does not need a preposition
“Those were the Rommely women ...They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering eyes and soft fluttery voices. But they were made out of thin visible steel.” Explain the truth/falsity of this passage.
Answer:
The women all looked brave but inside they could be hurt very easy
Explanation:
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Guys plssss answer thisssss (╯︵╰,)
SINCE U DIDNT WRITE A SCHOOL NAME ETC. ILL MAKE SOME UP AND U CAN REPLACE IT......
im making it a letter to a principal so u can change it ifu want
(the beggining is the extra )
ANUSHkA SHARMA -- 4125 SUFYAN RD tolichowki,HYDERABAD 45252
10TH AUGUST 2020
AHMAN SHAH
HEADMASTER
HOPE SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
8536 ARRILLION ST
TOLICHOWKI, HYDERABAD, TELENGANA 265656
DEAR HEADMASTER SHAH,
IM WRITING TO INFORM YOU OF 'BAN THE PLASTIC' WEEK EFFECTIVE 12TH AUGUST CONTINUING TILL 18TH AUGUST.
WE WILL BE HAVING SEVERAL ACTIVITIES SUCH As Songs, street plays, declamation, and poster making competitions will be held to create awareness about the ill-effects of plastics on our environment.
For further details, contact the undersigned.
thanks and regards,
anushka sharma
i worked really hard on this
HOPE I HELPED
PLS MARK BRAINLIEST
DESPERATELY TRYING TO LEVEL UP
✌ -ZYLYNN JADE ARDENNE
JUST A RANDOM GIRL WANTING TO HELP PEOPLE!
PEACE!
Answer:i can't read it
Explanation:
Find some examples of discrimination in the book "The catcher in the rye" and state the text
Explanation:
Helen Frangedis is a high school teacher that always includes The Catcher in the Rye in her course syllabus for the year. Parents are always concerned about the book because of the profanity, drug and alcohol references, and “loose moral codes”. When presented with these concerns, Frangedis states that there is a deeper meaning in the book and the students have the challenge of finding it. She addresses her audience of parents with good reasons of reading and analyzing the book, while understanding their concerns.
Frangedis’s article focuses entirely on J. D. Salenger’s writing style. Salenger greatly exaggerates Holden, his issues, and society throughout the book and that leads to all of the profanity and drug/alcohol references. With his writing style, people began to notice, read, and criticize “The Catcher in the Rye,” all because of one reason; Salenger’s exaggerating writing style. Society always pays attention to the bigger, more exaggerated, stunning news. For example, people will pay more attention to the semi-truck that flipped over than the car that hit a pole. The reason is simple. Watching the truck flip over is more stunning and impressive than a car hit something. The same goes for “The Catcher in the Rye”. People will read a book that is full of drugs, cursing, and drinking over the book that is nice, short, and sweet. Knowing who society is and how it works, Salenger wrote a book that not only goes against society, but separates him from all other authors.
Sara didn’t get a raise in her salary,so she ....... to find another job.
a-is trying
b-will try
Answer:
is trying
Explanation:
Sara didn’t get a raise in her salary. => Past Indefinite Tense
So, she is trying to find another job. => Present Continuous Tense
Future Tense doesn't suit in the blank!
Answer:
A) is trying
Explanation:
Sara didn't get a raise in her salary, so she is trying to find another job.
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According to myth, where did the Kiowa people come from? A. They sprang from the thought of the sun god. B. They broke away from the Crow people after an argument. C. They formed out of clay in the Yellowstone River. D. They entered the world through a hollow log.
Answer:
D. They entered the world through a hollow log.
Explanation:
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The Kiowa people according to myth entered the world through a hollow log. The correct option d.
Who are the Kiowa people?Kiowa people are a Native American tribe and an indigenous people of the Great Plains of the United States. They migrated southward from western Montana into the Rocky Mountains in Colorado in the 17th and 18th centuries and eventually into the Southern Plains by the early 19th century.
In 1867, the Kiowa were moved to a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma. Now, they are federally recognized as the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma with headquarters in Carnegie, Oklahoma. The Kiowa language is a part of the Tanoan language family, is in danger of extinction, with only 20 speakers as of 2012.
There were 12,000 members in the year 2011.
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how the process of succession might occur in a small pond on cow pasture
Answer:
a geological event, such as a glacier or sink hole, can create a pond. Ponds are nothing more than shallow holes where water collects. Yet, if left alone, ponds will fill in with dirt and debris until they become land.
Explanation:
explains abt ponds
Answer:
A geological event, such as a glacier or sink hole, can create a pond. Ponds are nothing more than shallow holes where water collects. Yet, if left alone, ponds will fill in with dirt and debris until they become land.
Explanation:
Hey i need help please write in a long paragraph pleaseee and write descriptively
One day, a giant stone face appeared right in the middle of a highway, next to a lake! Car horns honked, tired screeched, and there was general mayhem as people strained to avoid the giant head that had just plopped right down in the middle of the road. A few minutes later, the authorities arrived. To everyone's shock, the stone face declared:
Scratch my nose, and I shall disappear as soon as my need is satisfied!
Mostly everyone just blinked in confusion, but eventually a few bright minds grappled with some ropes and started climbing to the middle of the statue's face.
And that is the story of the giant stone head!
Think about your favorite superhero. Write a four sentence paragraph about your
favorite superhero. Why do you like this superhero? Why qualities do they possess that
you wish you had as well. How does your favorite superhero inspire you?
You will have 30 minutes to respond to the prompt.
Make sure that you remember the Online Learning Etiquette and use proper English and
grammar in your response. Do not use social media formatting(ex How ru, LOL).
Mal - from descendants
Mal is a strong, brave girl who starts of as a villain but learns from her mistakes and becomes a hero who gets engaged to prince Ben. I wish I could transform into a dragon with superpowers, like Mal. I also wish that I was as brave as her. I like Mal because she learns from her mistakes and always tries to save the day, even when faced with a challenge.
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41 points.... No incomplete answers. QUESTION 1 Gladiators were trained warriors and slaves that would entertain the public in mortal combat in coliseums. True False 1 points QUESTION 2 An aqueduct is a picture made by using small colored pieces of stone. True False 1 points QUESTION 3 A Plebian is a Roman citizen. True False 1 points QUESTION 4 Romans created statues that were realistic and very much looked like the real person. True False 1 points QUESTION 5 Greek art and Roman art are similar. True False 1 points QUESTION 6 The Colosseum could hold upwards of how many spectators? 100,000 50,000 80,000 75,000 2 points QUESTION 7 Augustus of Primaporta wanted to portray himself as a leader of lions. leader of Christians. perfect leader with flawless features. a handsome man. 2 points QUESTION 8 Relief sculptures were shallow three dimensional carvings on flat surfaces, used for architectural works such as columns, arches and temples. roads, temples, and buildings. banks, homes and temples. columns, statues, and arches. 2 points QUESTION 9 The job of their orators was not to argue, but to please the audience. convince others to follow them. demonstrate their points clearly. argue persuasively. 2 points QUESTION 10 The Pantheon is famous for its size as well as its construction and design. artwork. archways. columns.
Answer:
True
False
False
True
True
50,000
True
False
True
True
Answer:
True , False , False, True, True, 50,000, True, False, True, True
What change is needed to form a complete sentence below? Are living in a mobile home until their house is built. Question 5 options: a) Add the subject: Aunt Kathy and Uncle Rick. b) Add two-story in front of house c) Add a semicolon after home d) No changes need to be made.
Answer:
a) Add the subject: Aunt Kathy and Uncle Rick.
Explanation:
The sentence is incomplete because it has no subject: who is living in the mobile home?
By adding the subject, Aunt Kathy and Uncle Rick, the sentence is complete because we know who is living in the home.
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Answer:
a. demonstrate that Professor Hodous is committed to treating Buddhism fairly
Explanation:
the professor went to a place of high-minded, devout Buddhists to learn more about their religion. this shows he is giving the religion a fair chance to "prove" itself. he could have gone anywhere to learn more, but instead he goes to the heart of the religion.
In your research for your Egyptian and Mayan compare and contrast essay, you discovered various works of art created by these cultures. What stood out for you when you studied them? Would this type of art appeal to you for your own personal use? Why do you think this art was important to them?
what is the similarity between ordinary and special resolution
Answer:
Explanation:
Company decisions are taken by two process which are named as Ordinary Resolution and Special Resolution. To know the similarities, will need to explain them individually
Ordinary resolution is passed by the numbers of the company by the simple majority. That is, vote in favour exceed the votes casted against the resolution by members to entitled for voting. It is used for normal business activities such as appointments of new or changing directors, Issuing of new shares, e.t.c.
special resolution is a type of resolution in which it is affirm by 2/3 of the members of board or committee of the company (at least 75% of the members). It used for special decisions as the name implies. Decision such as changing the name and or constitution of the company, Investing on long term bases and large capital investment, e.t.c.
The similarities involved in both resolutions is that meeting as to hold before any of them can be passed. They are both used as decision making tool for the development of the company.
Is this a good start to a story?
A little girl ducked in and through crowds. Her goal was to find food before the people she called VEPs (Very Experienced Police) could find her. She spotted bread hiding in a bag. A quick swipe and she ran. She heard the lady yelling behind her. Cars zoomed past her. She had gotten away! The police were no match for her, as she was a little speedy one. She laughed.
Steps behind her.
“Little s treet-roach!” a voice suddenly boomed, laughing hysterically.
No, she jinxed herself.
Then she heard the crackles and the whips. The police had whips. Electricity surged behind her. She had a huge scar on her back from one of those. She spotted the musty basement door, her escape. She sprinted and darted toward it. She knew there was another exit in this basement, as she had done this many times before. After staggering through the darkness a couple times, she finally found a sliver of light. She scurried towards it out the back, she sprinted to her home; an old car wreck next to an overfilled trash can. She hid in the car, panting. The AEPs ran past the alleyway, muttering to themselves. She sighed. At least her soul was not taken away by the police. At least, not yet. It was strange to her. The police controlled whether you kept your soul or not. No- your parents controlled it, if you had any of those. Many of the children had their souls sold and were on the other side of the wall that separated the soulless and the souled. You lived in the souled, if you were rich enough. The little girl was not rich at all, yet she still managed to survive with the souled. She chewed on her bread. She shivered at the thought of a VEP getting her soul.
Answer:
Yes
Explanation:
Your story is unbelievably awesome. I support it as YES. Your starting of the story is perfectly correct and uses sense of humour. Like it. I strongly support that it is an awesome starting for the story. Well done!!!!
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create a list of elements from
both lists you believe define a positive relationship--this will be your code of professionalism. Your code of
professionalism is how you want to represent yourself in your work experiences. Who you want to be and what
behaviors you want to value?
Love
care
punctual
Honesty
Trust
I want to see myself a successful,honest,interactive and loved in my career.
In the wife of baths tale , Based upon this tale, what generalizations can you make about the treatment of women in medieval England? 150 words min
Answer:
In the wife of baths tale , Based upon this tale, what generalizations can you make about the treatment of women in medieval England
Explanation:
Answer:
In the wife of baths tale , Based upon this tale, what generalizations can you make about the treatment of women in medieval England
Explanation:
How do the parenthetical remarks in John Jeremiah Sullivan's article 'How
William Faulkner Tackled Race - and Freed the South From Itself" contribute
to its tone?
O A. They add a conversational tone to the article.
O B. They add an academic tone to the article.
O C. They enhance the level of discourse by providing unnecessary
information.
O D. They reflect Sullivan's disparaging tone toward Faulkner.
Answer:
A. They add a conversational tone to the article.
Explanation:
The parenthetical remarks in John Jeremiah Sullivan's article contributes to the tone is they add a conversational tone to the article. Thus, option A is correct.
What is parenthetical?A word or phrase enclosed in parentheses is referred to be parenthetical. A description or modifier contained in parentheses and indented within a line of speech to define how it should be played or directed onscreen.
A parenthetical comment or section is added to something written or spoken, although it is not required. Fox was making a long parenthetical statement on his travels along the country's border. I was, incidentally, attempting to stop smoking at the time.
The parenthetical observations in John Jeremiah Sullivan's piece help to the tone by giving the text a conversational tone. As a result, option A is correct.
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Think about your favorite superhero. Write a four sentence paragraph about your
favorite superhero. Why do you like this superhero? Why qualities do they possess that
you wish you had as well. How does your favorite superhero inspire you?
plz help
Answer:
with the release of avengers endgame all of us know very well about iron Man. and he is my favourite superhero.this because iron Man is a superhero which has developed his super powers with his own mind like the repulsors and super flying jet boots and most amazing and iron Man armour.I like him because I think that I can match my part of life with him he is a genius person. he is a Playboy philanthropist as well as billionaire. firstly everyone thought that he always thinks of himself first and then of the other world but in avengers endgame he sacrificed his life for the whole universe which was a great stop that's why my favourite superhero iron Man.
Answer:
my favorite super hero is superman
Explanation:
it is because he have flying, cold breath and alot more super powers. i wish i had flyingand lazer powers as i could see the sky and i could defeat the robers by helping the police and helping the armers to defeat other countries. it inspires me alot that i could save the world and help alot of eople in need.
when the light went out, I threw myself down _____my stomach
A.by B.on C.to D.at
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I need definitions of these words:
Equations
Descending
Answer:
Equation- a statement that asserts the equality of two expressions
Descending-moving or sloping downward.
Explanation:
Which is a theme in Gentleman of Río en Medio?
A-There are different ways to view money, time, and land ownership.
B-Rules and regulations determine what the truth is in any situation.
C-Land can only be owned by individuals, not an entire community.
D-Money and time are valued over anything else by most people.
Answer:
The answer is A. There are different ways to view money, time, and land ownership.
Explanation:
I got this question right on my test and got a 100% on E d g e n u i t y 2021.
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Which passages from The Education of a Young Chief best show that an important aspect of the narrator’s culture is to think of the needs of others in the community before one’s own needs? Select all that apply. The Education of a Young Chief
“If you reverence the aged, many will be glad to hear of your name,” were the words of my father. “The poor man will say to his children, ‘my children, let us go to him, for he is a great hunter, and is kind to the poor; he will not turn us away empty.
’” Many a lecture I received when the deer lay bleeding at the feet of my father; he would give me an account of the nobleness of the hunter’s deeds, and said that I should never be in want whenever there was any game …
The Indians, as has just been said, once had a custom, which is now done away, of making a great feast of the first deer that a young hunter caught; the young hunter, however, was not to partake of any of it, but wait upon the others.
“We have only one custom among us, and that is well known to all; this river and all that is in it are mine. I have come up the river behind you, and you appear to have killed all before you. This is mine, and this is mine.”
Answer:
The correct answers are:
“If you reverence the aged, many will be glad to hear of your name,” were the words of my father. “The poor man will say to his children, ‘my children, let us go to him, for he is a great hunter, and is kind to the poor; he will not turn us away empty.The Indians, as has just been said, once had a custom, which is now done away, of making a great feast of the first deer that a young hunter caught; the young hunter, however, was not to partake of any of it, but wait upon the others.
Explanation:
As we can see in these passages, the narrator thinks of the needs of others in the community before his own.
We can see how he speaks of the elderly, the poor and his kindness towards them, as well as with the Indians, where he speaks that he had to wait for others before participating in anything.
These are clues that show us that these passages contain the correct answers.
[A]ny woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century
would certainly have gone crazed, shot herself, or ended
her days in some lonely cottage outside the village, half
witch, half wizard, feared and mocked at. For it needs little
skill in psychology to be sure that a happily gifted girl who
had tried to use her gift for poetry would have been so
thwarted and hindered by other people.
Which statement best states the idea that this excerpt helps to develop?
O A. Historians have glossed over women's achievements.
O B. Society has held women back from greatness.
C. Men have conspired to keep women powerless.
D. Emotions have prevented women from success.
Answer:
Hey There!! The answer to this is B: To add an emotional element that evokes sympathy on the part of the reader.
The great 20th century writer, Virginia Woolf, in this famous essay explores her role as a writer and a woman exposing in many ways the difficulties that a learned woman had to face, not only in her own time, but historically, in order to be able to develop her trade or art form in a patriarchal society. The fragment aims at inspiring sympathy in the reader, regardless of the latter´s gender, in order to draw attention to the inequalities that women had, and still have to, face every day.
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