How did the football evolve to have its rather unusual
shape?

Answer:

A football is a prolate spheroid, and it's shaped that way because that's also the shape of an inflated pig's bladder, which is what the first footballs were made of. ... But as the football evolved — and was constructed of cowhide and rubber — it got even more prolate, which made it easier to carry and easier to throw

Explanation:

Which statement is an example of a critique?

a. One of the most important themes of Buffalo's Wings is the
acknowledgement that even the people we love will not always understand
everything we are going through.

B. The impact of Buffalo's Wings is diminished by its relentlessly sappy
sound track, which takes the genuine emotion out of many of the film's
most powerful moments.

C. Bobbie Threnody, the mother of the main character, is played by actress
Dina Worthington as a frazzled and disappointed woman who is still
capable of flashes of joy.

D. One of the most unique aspects of Buffalo's Wings is the setting, the story
takes place in a commune where several families live together.

Toni grabbed her box of tissues and went to her room. She climbed in bed and pulled many covers on top of her. Though she clutched the covers to her chin and snuggled deep inside her bed, she did not feel warm. Just as Toni was dozing off, she started sneezing again, which woke her up. Based on the passage, what can you infer about Toni? Choose the best inference. Toni is thirsty. Toni is sick. Toni is tired. Toni is hungry.

which of the following is not a mode of persusasion?
Mythos
Pathos
Ethos
Logos

The speaker thinks about the daffodils when...
А.
he is alone.
B
he sees daffodils.
C.
he is sad.
D
he is writing poetry.

Next to each fact about David Rogers and his Big Bug art, write the letter of the heading tha
shows where the fact can be found.
A Ants the Size of a Bus!
B Bugs Under Construction
C Sticks and Strings
David built tiny villages when he was a child.
All of David's bugs are big enough to sit on.
Different kinds of wood are used in David's art.
David named his first large sculpture "Goliath."
David hopes his art will help people notice bugs more.

what are two similarities between about Cesar and elegy on the death of Cesar Chavez? What are two differences?

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
A.
Most of Alaska, averages a population density, of under 3 people per square mile.
B.
Most of Alaska averages, a population, density of under 3 people per square mile.
C.Most of Alaska averages a population density of under 3 people per square mile.
D. Most of Alaska averages a population density, of under, 3 people per square, mile

Choose one literary selection from this semester in which you think the setting has a great impact
on the work. In a full paragraph, name the work, describe the setting, and explain why it is so
important to the overall story or poem.

Why is it imperative to include each and every component into your argumentative papers?

Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?". But I fancy I hear some one of my audience say, “It is just in this circumstance that you and your brother abolitionists fail to make a favorable impression on the public mind. Would you argue more, and denounce less; would you persuade more, and rebuke less; your cause would be much more likely to succeed.” But, I submit, where all is plain there is nothing to be argued. What point in the anti-slavery creed would you have me argue? On what branch of the subject do the people of this country need light? Must I undertake to prove that the slave is a man? That point is conceded already. Nobody doubts it. Which statement best explains why this is an example of a counterclaim by Douglass? Douglass addresses a potential argument of the other side and makes a case against it. Douglass addresses a potential argument of the other side and admits the point is solid. Douglass makes a claim and offers facts to support it. Douglass makes a claim and admits the flaws within it.

What do you think “witchcraft” symbolizes in the play in othello act 1

Which visual aid would most help a speech about the history of air travel?
A. A diagram that shows the interior of a 747 jet
B. A remote-controlled plane held by the speaker
C. A cartoon of a flight attendant from the 1960s
D. A graph showing the increase in jet speeds over time

What is the shape of the cross section of the figure that is perpendicular to the triangular bases and passes through a vertex of the triangular bases?

A triangular prism.
a parallelogram that is not a rectangle
a rectangle
a triangle that must have the same dimensions as the bases
a triangle that may not have the same dimensions as the bases

Please help me with this question!!

How does stanza 5 contribute to the speaker’s depiction of their experiences (Lines
17-20)?
A. It portrays them as overcoming their emotional turmoil.
B. It depicts them as not being able to make sense of anything.
C. It emphasizes the advanced outlook on the world they now have.
D. It shows how pessimistic their experiences have made them

Argue who is to blame for Lennie's actions: Lennie for his inability to control himself or learn from his mistakes, or George, for failing to teach Lennie the importance of consequences? (Remember to answer in RACECE format for full credit.) *

In 1922, T. S. Eliot wrote a poem entitled “The Waste Land” that expressed the disillusionment of the post-war generation over the society in which they found themselves trapped. David Brin alludes to the poem in lines 61–62: “Only we, their children, linger to endure the world they left us: a lush, green placid world we call The Wasteland.” Explain the meaning of this allusion in the context of the story.

In a lecture on child development , a psychology professor says that "language is caught, not taught." What does this professor mean?

A. Language is both active and receptive
B. In language development comprehension comes before usage
C. language learning is dependent on cognition
D. One doesn't need formal lessons to learn language

What was the decade of television?

1940s

1950s

1960s

1930s

In line 162, sully thinks ,”Maybe the best hope for poor scoot was that she was already dead”. Explain why he thinks this, cite text evidence.

According to “Ads May Spur Unhappy Kids to Embrace Materialism,” what happens
to unhappy kids if they watch a lot of TV?

1. A computer repair manual is an example of nonfiction
2. A news article is an example of nonfiction
3. An example of a genre that's personal nonfiction is
4. Thoreau was a
a lover of wisdom.
5. Thoreau's famous essay "Civil Disobedience" bas inspired people for generations, including
such great men as
6. When Thoreau asked himself"... why I might not sink a shaft down to the gold within me, and
work that mine," he was using language
7. Thoreau was a social critic who wrote passionately about his beliefs. But, he didn't just write
about it, he also took

one time I did want to do
Jack realizes that he values his friendship with Auggie. List four things Jack
shares that makes Auggie a great friend.
?

help please quick help help help help​

According to the article, when did Hermann Rorschach first publish his inkblot test and what is it used for?

The Rorschach Inkblot Test

Have you ever been told to look at what appear to be blobs of ink and asked what you see? This is an activity based on a test created by Swiss psychiatrist Dr. Hermann Rorschach. Today it is known as the Rorschach Inkblot Test.

An inkblot.
The first of the 10 inkblots in the test is used to provide clues on how a subject handles challenges.
Origins of the Test

It is unclear how Rorschach got the idea for the ten inkblots that came to be so famous, but his test is very similar to a popular game of that time called Blotto. Rorschach had watched people with schizophrenia play Blotto while he was working at Russia’s Krombach Psychiatric Hospital. It was there that he came to understand that these people had specific ways of responding to the inkblots created in the game.

A portrait of Hermann Rorschach.
Hermann Rorschach began work on his famous inkblot test in 1918.
Developing the Test

Rorschach began working on his test in 1918. He started with about 40 inkblots. By the time he had decided to publish his findings, he had whittled this number down to 15. He had considerable difficulty having his inkblots printed, owing to post-World-War-I rationing, and he was able to find only one printer who would do the work. This printer agreed to print just ten of the original 15 inkblots.

Rorschach had to rework his writings to fit the 10 inkblots that became part of his monograph Psychodiagnostik. The printer who agreed to do the work had rather crude printing capabilities, and the final product contained a lot of shading that was unintentional. Rorschach decided that he actually preferred the shaded versions, and in 1921, he introduced five black-and-white and five color inkblots to the world.

Rorschach’s Reception

Psychodiagnostik was not well received when it was printed, and Rorschach died in 1922 after developing appendicitis. He would never see the mark his 10 inkblots made on the world.

In the United States, the Rorschach inkblot test became one of the most popular psychological tests in the 1940s and 1950s. The test consists of the ten10 inkblots, which are shown one at a time to a subject who is then asked to give the very first impression of what he or she sees in each image. Rorschach wanted to understand how the viewer interpreted the images. The individual’s interpretations ultimately would allow a trained tester to better understand the patient’s thoughts.

The American Psychological Association did a survey in 1995 that showed that 82 percent of psychologists used the Rorschach inkblot test at least occasionally, and the test is still in use today. Research suggests that certain responses to the inkblots may indicate a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder.

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Select the correct answer.
What point of view does Lincoln express in this excerpt from the Gettysburg Address?
But in a larger sense we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow this ground. The brave men,
struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long rememb
but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work
here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, th
honoured dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we
that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that go
people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from this earth.
A Fallen soldiers would be happy the Civil War is coming to an end.
B.
The sacrifices of fallen soldiers should be honored by survivors.
The nation should forget its differences to unite and mourn for fallen soldiers.
D.
The fallen soldiers' youth and potential were wasted because of the chawar.
С.

Write poem about guy you have feelings for can’t make his mind about being with you or not because he got hurt in the past, he doesn’t want to let you go because he thinks you’re such a great person and he starts flirting with you for months and it’s clear there is feelings in the relationship or friendship whatever you wanna call it.He later changes his mind saying he wants to be with you but goes back to what he had said before about not wanting commitment which is what I want so I broke things off and it really hurt then my best friend kept lying to me all the time so I let her go. Can you plz write a poem about this

HELP!!!!!!!!!!! Read the poem "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns.

O, my luve’s like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June:
O, my luve’s like the melodie,
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
’Till a’ the seas gang dry.

’Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel a-while!
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.

Which poetic device best enhances the poet's emphasis on each stanza as a single sentence?


The use of a period at the end of every fourth line.


The length of each line in the stanza.


The use of simile in the first stanza.


The poet's use of hypberbole in the second stanza.

Which is a correctly formed compound sentence?
Daniel was very excited to watch his favorite team play. But they lost.
Daniel was very excited to watch his favorite team play but they lost.
Daniel was very excited to watch his favorite team play, but they lost.
Daniel was very excited to watch his favorite team play; but they lost.

4. PART B: Which TWO details best support the answer to
Part A?
A "The last face was so horrible and so simian that he
gazed at it in amazement. It got so vivid that, with a
little uneasy laugh, he felt on the table for a glass
containing a little water to throw over it" (Paragraph
65)
B "as (sunlight] streamed over the breakfast table
Herbert laughed at his fears." (Paragraph 66)
DC"the dirty, shriveled little paw was pitched on the
sideboard with a carelessness which betokened no
great belief in its virtues." ( Paragraph 66)
D "I suppose all soldiers are the same said Mrs. White.
'The idea of our listening to such nonsense!"
(Paragraph 67)
DE "I'm afraid it'll turn you into a mean, avaricious man,
and we shall have to disown you." (Paragraph 70)
OF "All of which did not prevent her from scurrying to
the door at the postman's knock, nor prevent her
from referring somewhat shortly to retired
sergeant-majors of bibulous habits” (Paragraph 71)