Answer:
Little Brother[1] is a novel by Cory Doctorow, published by Tor Books. It was released on April 29, 2008.[2] The novel is about four teenagers in San Francisco who, in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and BART system, defend themselves against the Department of Homeland Security's attacks on the Bill of Rights. The novel is available for free on the author's website under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA), keeping it accessible and remixable to all.[3]
The book debuted at No. 9 on The New York Times Best Seller list, children's chapter book section, in May 2008.[4] As of July 2, it had spent a total of six weeks on the list, rising to the No. 8 spot.[5] Little Brother won the 2009 White Pine Award,[6] the 2009 Prometheus Award.[7] and the 2009 John W. Campbell Memorial Award. It also was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel.[8] Little Brother received the Sunburst Award in the young adult category.[9]
Explanation:
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 best states the main idea of the text?
I have found no proof that dragons ever existed.
I have found some proof that dragons may have existed.
I have always wondered if dragons existed, and I hope they did.
I have not been able to decide if dragons ever existed or not.
Answer:
i think it's "I have found some proof that dragons may have existed."
Explain how Anne and Peter’s discussion at the end of Scene I leads to character development.
Answer:
Peter started being nice to Anne and they both started getting mature with one another
Explanation:
The crowd of rioters at last month's soccer match __________ dispersed by the police before it could disrupt the match. (1) is (2) are (3) was (4) were
Answer:
Were
Explanation:
Is - present, singular
Are - plural, singular
Was - past, singular
Were - past, plural
proponents of the new law sought to "mitigate" opposition by..
Finish the sentence please!!
Answer:
by protesting and many senators and such can repeal it
Explanation:
"I hit a block of ice before I dive just below the surface. A few strong kicks and I'm taking
my first stroke, and then another as fast as I can."
The bold/underlined portion of this excerpt is a good example of____.
a: simile
b: metaphor
c: alliteration
d: stylized writing
Answer:
D) stylized writing
Explanation:
am not quite sure but I think that's what it is
how do people use poetry to bring awareness to social causes
Answer:
because everyone love poetry . I think I might say this. Social mean relating to a cause or a group. Right? So cause means an rise to an action? So people use potery to make them and others to use their brain. Or to understand something without them knowing.
Explanation:
The use of poetry is made to be about awareness about the aspect of life as it highlights the reality and states the right and wrong.
What is poetry?Poetry is a literary device that evokes a concentrated imaginitaive awarenss of the specific emotional respsosnce by the language that is coose and the arrangement of the sound.
The poetry highlights the socla meaning and is related to the caise of the group in action. Poetry makes the brain think and understand by knowing.
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ILL GIVE YOU BRAINLIST !! * have to get it right *
Click on the word that expresses the tone present in each passage.
Answer:
The tone that best reflects the passage is A. detached.
We watch and we hope as we see positive changes taking place. There are some, I know, in your society who fear that change will bring only disruption and discontinuity, who fear to embrace the hope of the future – sometimes it takes faith. . . . But change would not mean rejection of the past. Like a tree growing strong through the seasons, rooted in the Earth and drawing life from the sun, so, too, positive change must be rooted in traditional values. –Address at Moscow State University Ronald Reagan What type of rhetorical device does Reagan use in this passage? What is the effect of the rhetorical device?
Answer:
procatalepsis, and it accepts the readers fears and adresses them.
Explanation:
just got it correct on edg.
✔ procatalepsis
✔ It accepts listeners’ fears and addresses them.
what is the setting of the boy in the striped pajamas
Answer:
A concentreation camp
Explanation:
Answer:
it is in a concentration camp in Auschwitz
3) An author's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ could be to inform, to entertain, or to persuade.
Answer:
The answer is purpose, you'll see lots of these questions in Reading texts and in English.
Hope this helps!
I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO ANSWERS WITH 18-20 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS.
Give 15 physical descriptions of Ariana GRANDE.
(DO NOT INCLUDE HER HEIGHT)
Answer:
Explanation:
physical description is her appearance
she has brown eyeshas a birthmark on her left shoulderhas a birthmark on her backhas a dimple on her left cheekhalf Sicilian and half Abruzzeseher natural hair color is brownher natural hair style is curlyShe is hypoglycemic her shoe size is 6her age is 26she weighs 99lbsshes gotten 51 tattoes known for her ponytailher nail shape is ovallike to wear dresses and skirtsplss mark me brainliest
Answer:
Ariana Grande is the philanthropist and humanitarian who is deeply concerned about the state of the world, for which she has great compassion and idealism. She has a utopian personality, and will spend her life trying to realize some aspect of her utopian dream, sacrificing money, time, and energy for a better world.
Explanation:
i am an ARIANATOR i love soooooooooo much
What animal is NOT used by Xuande to describe Zhang Fei? *
Horse
Tiger
Eagle
Panther
Answer:
Eagle
Explanation:
Zhang Fei was a military general in China. He joined Liu Bei in three kingdom. Zhang Fei had blunt panthers head, huge round eyes, stance of a horse and beard like a tiger. These all animals are used by Xuande to describe Zhang Fei. The eagle was not used to describe the features of Zhang Fei. He died in 221 AD.
What is drawing inferences in English and how would you analyze it?
Answer:
an idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning
Explanation:
Answer:
Explanation:
Drawing inferences is coming to a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning. If I helped, please mark brainliest! :>
1. Sometimes, it's hard to say whether a legend is fiction or nonfiction—the truth behind it can
be
a.
ambiguous
b.
obvious
c.
direct
m
d.
none of the above
Answer:
a. ambiguous
Explanation:
'Ambiguous' means open to more than one interpretation or unclear and inexact.
What are Macbeth's internal and external conflicts in act 3 scene 1?
Answer:
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HELP ASAP PLEASE! Write 10 sentences using these words! Use only 10 of them! acrimonious
consternation
dispassionate
dissipate
expurgate
hypothetical
intemperate
odium
relegate
susceptible
bovine
corpulent
disavow
dissension
gauntlet
ignoble
impugn
perfidy
squeamish
subservient
Answer:
Stalin's military and political dispositions once the war started have incurred odium.
Explanation:
In "Sympathy" Paul Laurence Dunbar uses the image of a bird in a cage to suggest
O restricted freedom
O jealousy and betrayal
O natural beauty
O nostalgia for one's youth
Answer:
Restricted movement
Explanation:
In the poem Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the image of a bird in a cage suggest restricted freedom.
The caged bird has wings to fly just like every other bird but it couldn't because its movement has been restricted.
Sympathy is a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar
I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;
When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,
And the river flows like a stream of glass;
When the first bird sings and the first bud opes,
And the faint perfume from its chalice steals—
I know what the caged bird feels!
I know why the caged bird beats his wing
Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
For he must fly back to his perch and cling
When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;
And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars
And they pulse again with a keener sting—
I know why he beats his wing!
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,—
When he beats his bars and he would be free;
It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings—
I know why the caged bird sings!
Answer:
restricted freedom
Explanation:
When we talk about fashion we usually mean the popular style in dress or behavior. For most modern people fashion is a method of wearing to express themselves. What do you think about it? Write 80-90 words.
Answer:
Yes for the most part
Explanation:
It is not uncommon for people today to follow the latest trends in fashion. They do this simply because of the "fear of missing out" (FOMO) on the latest patterns of expressions.
For example, someone who excessively feels good about himself and wants others to recognize him or her may put on spotty colors such as red, pink, blue. The color of someone's dress would reveal an element of the individual's personality and disposition.
Is beauty a result of goodness or the effect of good and true actions/habits?
Answer:
I think it is about actions/ habits. Kindness is definitely something you get out of a result of goodness, but beauty is more of an outside trait. That is just my opinion, though others may think different.
Explanation:
(Competence: Reading comprehension/Ability: Get the gist through the information in the text)
A TRIP TO NEW YORK
(was/were/wasn’t/weren’t)
My name is Camila. Last Summer. I ______ in the United States. The voyage by plane____
Long and tiring and the plane ticket _____ quite expensive. It took me 10 hours to get the New
York airport.
My friends Katie _________ there waiting for me. I _______ surprised by the size of the JFK ___
There, otherwise I would probably get lost.
A few minutes later we ______ in a cab. It ______ a typical NY cab – big and yellow.
We were in the car for an hour. There ______ poor, run down neighbourhoods and rich, luxurious ones. The city centre _________ fantastic. There ________ huge skycrapers, and big roundabouts.
The largest and busiest roundabout _______ the famous Colubus Circle: There was also an
Enormous traffic jam.
We went to Katie’s apartament to leave the luggage and rest a bit. It ____ small and cosy fountain
in New York. It ______ the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. There ____ (not) many people in the park, because it _____ still early in the morning.
Later we had lunch and were at some nice museums. In the evening we ______ at the world
Famous Times Square. There ________ hundreds of people, huge noon lights, billboards and
Advertisements. And there _______ (not) any cars because it was a holiday and the square was
Closed to traffic. It _____ amazed!!! We also ______ in one of the Broadway theatres to see a musical. It_____great.
Answer:
Explanation:
was, was, was, was, was, were, was, were, was, were, was, was, was, weren't, was, were, were, weren't, was, were, was.
A TRIP TO NEW YORK
My name is Camila. Last Summer, I was in the United States. The voyage by plan was long and tiring and the plane ticket was quite expensive. It took me 10 hours to get the New airport.
My friend Katie was there waiting for me. I was surprised by the size of the JFK ___(this sentence isn't complete)
There, otherwise I would probably get lost.
A few minutes later we were in a cab. It was a typical NY cab – big and yellow.
We were in the car for an hour. There were poor, run down neighbourhoods and rich, luxurious ones. The city centre was fantastic. There were huge skyscrapers, and big roundabouts.
The largest and busiest roundabout was the famous Colubus Circle: There was also an Enormous traffic jam.
We went to Katie’s apartment to leave the luggage and rest a bit. It was a small and cosy fountain in New York. It was the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. There weren't many people in the park, because it was still early in the morning.
Later we had lunch and were at some nice museums. In the evening we were at the world Famous Times Square. There were hundreds of people, huge noon lights, billboards and Advertisements. And there weren't any cars because it was a holiday and the square was Closed to traffic. It was amazing!!! We also were in one of the Broadway theatres to see a musical. It was great.
1. Why does Nick suggest that Gatsby go away even though he knows that it
was Daisy who killed Myrtle?
Can someone answer this question please please help me I really need it if it’s correct I will mark you brainliest .
Answer:
Beside
Explanation:
The word beside is the best word to replace parallel, because parallel means to not touch with another line/object, and the other answer choices imply that the bike trail will touch the railroad.
4. What were the only things in which Elie took an interest?
5. How did Elie describe the men after the air raid?
6. What happened to the young man from Warsaw? Why?
7. How did Elie say the soup tasted the night the pipel (young servant boy) was hanged?
Answer:
The answer is D or number 4
Explanation:
The soup, according to Elie, tasted better than before. He claimed that the soup tasted like corpses following the hanging of the young pipel.
What were the only things in which Elie took an interest?After the first hanging, he was relieved to still be alive, which is why the soup tasted better than before. The soup tasted like dead bodies since he was so depressed following the hanging of the young pipel.
They had just witnessed a terrible event, so they were unable to enjoy the delight of eating. The reader can see how rapidly his tone deteriorated, which helps with tone.
A young man from Warsaw who is physically fit and strong is hung for stealing. The deceased boy is made to march by everyone while they all turn to look into his eyes and at his "lolling tongue of death." Unaffected, Elielike the soup very well that night. Although there are other hangings, Elie finds one in particular to be unsettling.
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What is an effective hook for this assignment?
Answer:
nos bieen
Explanation:
NICE KIDS FINISH FIRST: STUDY FINDS SOCIAL SKILLS CAN PREDICT FUTURE SUCCESS: Summarize the central ideas of the article in no more than 2 sentences
Answer:
Nice is when others perceive you as nice.
Explanation:
The central idea: In order to be a nice kid you have to be perceived as one; your social skills determine if you are capable of being one and be perceived as such. If you´re being liked as a kid you probably will be as an adult. And this can help you in your career.So future success can be predicted.
Personal observation: But... it is a prediction, and like the weather, life can be quite unpredictable.
The above question is intended to assess your writing and reading ability. For that reason, I can't write the summary for you, but I'll show you how to write it.
First, you must know that the central ideas of a text are the main topics that this text wants to convey.
With that in mind, to write your summary, you should:
Read all the text the question refers to.Identify the central ideas.Write it in your own words.To help find the central ideas, you can use articles that analyze this text.
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While a novel is usually organized into chapters, a play is divided into what?
A: Acts
B: Intermissions
C: Dialogue
D: Stage Directions
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Answer:A. acts
Explanation:
i did theatre for 5 years
Lines 48–50: Find an example of personification and explain how its meaning alters as it is taken up by different characters.
Answer:
How lush and lusty the grass looks! How green!
Explanation:
Personification is a literary art whereby inanimate objects are given human atrribute or traits. with regards to the question, Its meaning is altered as a result of the discussion held between Sebastin and Gonzalo where they are talking about an Island.
That despite the fact that, it is mild and temperate, the Island ended up having one of the healthiest grasses ever to be found
1. What happened to prisoners who could not keep up during the march? The Book night
Just trust a bro, its correct.
Select the correct answer.
Why do writers use repetition in their writing?
A.
to demonstrate consistency
B.
to emphasize a strong belief
C.
to create ideas that are lasting
D.
to clarify a complicated topic
Answer:
The correct answer is B, "to emphasize a strong belief"
Writers repeat themselves to restate a claim to try and express how the topic is important. I learned this in 6th grade ^w^
Hope I could help you :3
Explanation:
Writer actually use repetition in writing. The use of repetition in writing help: B. To emphasize a strong belief.
What is repetition?Repetition is known to be a device that has to do with the intentional use of word more times in a speech or written work. It involves using a particular word or phrase over and over again to make a point.
The use of repetition is actually to emphasize a strong belief.
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What kind of careers did Robert Frost have
Answer: poet, Teacher, Farmer
Explanation:
frost drifted through a string of occupations after leaving school, working as a teacher, cobbler, and editor of the Lawrence Sentinel
