Passage 1
The Mother

At first, she had a forbidding exterior, but her body was softer. With her eight legs, she had carefully built a den to prepare for her offspring. Nestled amongst rocks at the bottom of the sea, the mother octopus had forty clusters in her clutch, each containing about a thousand eggs. Watching the small, grape-like bunches, she tended them in her den with great care, and she never left them, not even to snatch a bit of food for herself.
It was springtime, and for fifty days, she prepared for her children to be born. While she waited, she was rarely at rest because the mother continually watched over and cleaned the eggs. Sometimes, she took them in her fluid arms and held them close to her mouth, and other times, she would slowly walk around the rock the egg sacks were attached to. She lifted each delicate bunch, one at a time, and carefully cleaned it.
She ate very little for nothing was in her reach. Her appetite had eventually vanished; crabs, clams, and oysters were not as important as looking after her eggs.
On the day her baby octopods were born, they were the size of ladybugs. The little eggs burst open, and the little octopods came out. They did not look like their mother. Their arms were a circle of hair-like threads. She was exhausted but proud of the work she had done to take care of her little ones.

Passage 2
Octopus Facts

Octopi, the plural of octopus, live in many different parts of the ocean. In the ocean, they prefer to live in coral reefs. Octopi have eight arms. The arms of an octopus have cups that can suck. In fact, the arms can also detect the flow of water.
Most octopi have soft bodies without an internal skeleton or internal shells. They also lack a protective outer shell. The only hard part in the body of an octopus is a beak which is almost shaped like a parrot's beak. The beak helps the octopus to squeeze through narrow slits between underwater rocks. Being able to squeeze through very narrow slits between underwater rocks is very helpful when an octopus is fleeing from its enemies.
An octopus usually needs be careful of other fish. Some octopi may have two fins and an internal shell. In this case, it is harder for them to squeeze into small spaces.
A female octopus focuses entirely on her unhatched eggs before they hatch. A female octopus may also neglect to eat during the (roughly) one month period that she awaits her eggs to hatch. The entire month is spent taking care of her unhatched eggs.
Octopi have a relatively short life span. Larger species, such as the North Pacific Giant Octopus, may live for up to five years in good conditions.

How is the information in the second passage different from the information in the first passage?
A.
The second passage explains what an octopus looks like, while the first passage does not give such details.
B.
The first passage features outdated information; the second passage has current information on octopi.
C.
The first passage tells a story to teach the reader about octopi; the second passage uses only facts.
D.
The first passage focuses only on octopi mothers; the second passage focuses only on octopi food.

Answer:

The correct answer would be answer choice B: The first passage features outdated information; the second passage has current information on octopi.

Explanation:

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Define Lanugo. Thanks.

Rafael is writing an informational essay on the effects of lack of sleep in students. Which of the following would be the most reliable source of information?

A.
an interview with a student who feels he doesn’t sleep enough at night
B.
a website that shows the importance of sleep on behavior and performance
C.
an article in a scientific journal on the impact of sleep on student brains
D.
a blog post about how students feel that school should start later in the day

If you had to explain what a space archaeologist is to someone, what would you say? Use your own words to tell me in the box below

Vocab!
Match each opposite example to a vocab word.​

How has Percy’s, Annabeth’s, and Grover’s knowledge of the quest changed?

What is the base word in notable?
able
note
table
notice

What is a symbol?
1 the most important lesson in a story
2 the protagonists most important character traits
3 how the main conflicts in a story are resolved
4 an object that is used to represent something else

Read the passage.
Water Efficiency Strategies
courtesy of United States Environmental Protection Agency
Drinking water systems can implement water efficiency measures and still deliver an unchanged or improved level of service to consumers while reducing overhead costs. Improving water efficiency reduces operating costs (e.g., pumping and treatment) and reduces the need to develop new supplies and expand our water infrastructure. It also reduces withdrawals from limited freshwater supplies, leaving more water for future use and improving the ambient water quality and aquatic habitat.

More and more utilities are using water efficiency and consumer conservation programs to increase the sustainability of their supplies. Case studies demonstrate substantial opportunities to improve efficiency through supply-side practices, such as accurate meter reading and leak detection and repair programs, as well as through demand-side strategies, such as conservation-based water rates and public education programs.
Supply-Side Strategies for Water Suppliers

Accounting for Water—Accounting for water is an essential step toward ensuring that a water utility is sustainable. This is best accomplished when water systems meter use by their customers. Metering helps to identify losses due to leakage and also provides the foundation on which to build an equitable rate structure to ensure adequate revenue to operate the system.

Water Loss Control—National studies indicate that, on average, 14 percent of the water treated by water systems is lost to leaks. Some water systems have reported water losses exceeding 60 percent. Accounting for water and minimizing water loss are critical functions for any water utility that wants to be sustainable.

Demand-Side Strategies for Water Suppliers

Water Rates—One of the most effective ways to reduce demand for water is to establish rates that escalate as more water is used.

Consumer Efficiency—Consumers can reduce water use by installing water-efficient products or employing efficiency practices, such as turning the water off while brushing teeth or running washing machines only when they are full. Water systems can promote these actions through consumer rebate and education programs.

EPA's WaterSense Program—WaterSense seeks to protect the future of our nation's water supply by promoting water efficiency and enhancing the market for water-efficient products, programs, and practices. Visit the website for information on water-efficient products and practices, as well as utilities who offer rebates for WaterSense labeled products. Water systems can also apply to become a WaterSense program partner and receive tools they can use to promote their own water efficiency programs.

implement -- to put in place
infrastructure -- the physical structures necessary for a system to operate
ambient -- existing; already present
revenue -- earned money or income

Part A: Which structure does the author use to organize information in the text “Water Efficiency Strategies”?

A. The author uses a heading for each method of conserving water.
B. The author shares examples of times that consumers tend to use the least amount of water.
C. The author lists terms that define different kinds of water systems.
D. The author compares and contrasts three possible ways to conserve water in each paragraph.

Part B: How does the section "Demand-Side Strategies for Water Suppliers" contribute to the structure and organization identified in Part A?

A. It informs the reader about programs that address each water conservation method in the text.
B. It includes water efficiency measures that consumers and suppliers can implement.
C. It provides examples of ways consumers can reduce their water usage.
D. It introduces the topic of improving water systems and outlines the methods the author will discuss.

HELP ME
This is a lot to ask but can you go online and listen to this 7 minute podcast called “So Chocolate Bar” and answer the questions below.
1) Why do you think that the journalist chose to use a podcast to tell this story instead of a different way of doing it?
2) The name of this podcast series is called, “Kind World.” What do you think that theme of this series is? Why do you think that they started this series?

How can a writer make the climax of a story effective?

Select all that apply.

Include lots of background information so the action is believable.

Leave out as many small details as possible to create suspense.

Write less description and more events and action.

Use short sentences to increase the pace of the writing.

How is the information in the first passage similar to the information in the second passage?
A.
Both passages explain that herbs are leafy green plants.
B.
Both passages explain the history of spices, and spice trade.
C.
Both passages mention Sanskrit Ramayana and Genesis.
D.
Both passages mention per capita use of spice in the West.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal."
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live. This we may, in all propriety do. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate1—we can not hallow2, this ground—The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here.
It is rather for us, the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us —that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish3 from the earth.

In passage 2, Lincoln speaks about the sacrifices made by the brave soldiers and says that it is the duty of the people to
A.
honor the fallen by putting an end to the war and live in peace with others.
B.
honor the fallen by preserving the land on which the soldiers sacrificed their lives.
C.
honor the fallen by fighting bravely in the war like the soldiers who lost their lives.
D.
honor the fallen by ensuring the survival of a democratic government.

What verb can go in the blank? Tourists ______ warmer climates in the winter.

“Of course, this meant Egyptian royalty enjoyed all the delicious mushrooms since no commoner could touch them!” What is the best synonym for commoner?

A. Citizen
B. Patriot
C. Peasant
D. Lower class worker
E. Laborer

Passage 1

excerpt from William Jefferson Clinton, Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1997

This is the heart of our task. With a new vision of government, a new sense of responsibility, a new spirit of community, we will sustain America's journey. The promise we sought in a new land we will find again in a land of new promise.
In this new land, education will be every citizen's most prized possession. Our schools will have the highest standards in the world, igniting the spark of possibility in the eyes of every girl and every boy. And the doors of higher education will be open to all. The knowledge and power of the Information Age will be within reach not just of the few, but of every classroom, every library, every child. Parents and children will have time not only to work, but to read and play together. And the plans they make at their kitchen table will be those of a better home, a better job, the certain chance to go to college.

Passage 2

adapted from Herbert Hoover, Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1929

Although education is primarily a responsibility of the States and local communities, and rightly so, yet the Nation as a whole is vitally concerned in its development everywhere to the highest standards and to complete universality. Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate. Our objective is not simply to overcome illiteracy1. The Nation has marched far beyond that. The more complex the problems of the Nation become, the greater is the need for more and more advanced instruction. Moreover, as our numbers increase and as our life expands with science and invention, we must discover more and more leaders for every walk of life. We cannot hope to succeed in directing this increasingly complex civilization unless we can draw all the talent of leadership from the whole people. One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class. If we would constantly refresh our leadership with the ideals of our people, we must draw constantly from the general mass. The full opportunity for every boy and girl to rise through the selective processes of education can alone secure to us this leadership.

Which of the following topics is only discussed in Passage 2?
A.
the need to overcome illiteracy
B.
the need for good leadership
C.
the importance of family time
D.
the importance of a good job

In Saki's story "Laura," the central character imagines that, after being reincarnated as an otter, she will then return as human but "something rather primitive—a little brown, unclothed Nubian boy." What does this passage rely on for humor?
1 a figure of speech
2 a stereotype
3 a pun
4 slapstick comedy

The earliest known villages in ancient Egypt date back over 5,000 years. These villages became part of two kingdoms. One of these kingdoms controlled the villages on the Nile Delta. The other controlled the villages south of the delta. The delta area was known as Lower Egypt. The southern region was known as Upper Egypt.
Egyptian civilization began about 3100 B.C. King Menes, a king from Upper Egypt, conquered Lower Egypt. He then united the country and formed the world's first national government. King Menes founded Memphis as the capital. (This is near present-day Cairo.)
King Menes also created the first Egyptian dynasty. A dynasty is a series of rulers in the same family. Over 30 dynasties ruled ancient Egypt. The first two dynasties ruled for about 400 years. During this period, the Egyptians developed irrigation systems, plows, and a system of writing. The years of the third and fourth dynasties were known as the Old Kingdom, or the Pyramid Age. As the name suggests, this period was best known for the building of the great pyramids. By the time of the fifth dynasty, the king’s power began to weaken. High priests and government officials fought for power. Most of the next five dynasties had weak rulers.

Which statement best summarizes this passage?
A.
Ancient Egypt began 5,000 years ago, when early villages became part of two kingdoms. These kingdoms controlled different parts of the Nile River. The kingdoms were known as Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
B.
The crowning achievement of ancient Egypt was the great pyramids, which were built during the Pyramid Age. The rulers of Egypt at this time were from the third and fourth dynasties, or the "Old Kingdom."
C.
King Menes was the first king of Egypt. He combined the kingdoms of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt into one kingdom. He formed the world's first national government and founded the capital city of Memphis, Egypt.
D.
Egypt's history goes back 5,000 years, to early villages. These villages later became two kingdoms, which became one kingdom. The kingdom of Ancient Egypt was ruled by many dynasties in its long history.

Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?


The sheets in the upstairs linen closet smell a bit musty.
The sheets in the upstairs linen closet smell a bit musty.

After finishing cleaning the dishes, the video games began.
After finishing cleaning the dishes, the video games began.

To save the best bite for last, Karen ate careful spirals around her sandwich.
To save the best bite for last, Karen ate careful spirals around her sandwich.

Thundering onto the tin roof, the rain kept everyone awake.

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Why do poets use sound effects like rhyme, assonance, consonance, and anaphora in a poem

Write your own original poem. Choose between a topic related to the UAE or a topic related to Horror.

Guidelines:

1. Choose only one topic

2. Your poem must be original, written by you (in your own words)

3. It does not need to have rhyme

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A mighty long way chapter 3 : What reason did the Capital Citizens Council and the Mothers League give for wanting to stop the integration of Central High School?

Why are the people in DOA Record Studios transparent?

Refer to the section in the article “From Farms to Factories.” How did working in cotton mills affect the well-being of child workers? Select the two correct answers. A. Their work was boring because they did one repetitive task. B. They lived in houses owned by the mills. C. They did not have time to attend school, so many did not know how to read or write. D. Their lungs would be filled with cotton lint.

Two-Bit says, “I wish it was any one of us except Johnny.” What inference can you make about this detail regarding Two-Bit’s perspective of Johnny’s condition?
1. He has lost all hope that Johnny will survive, and he wishes someone else could take Johnny’s place.
2. He knows Johnny is hurt very badly and that he doesn’t have the support he needs at home.
3. He knows Johnny will recover, but that it will take all of the gang to help him do so.
4. He believes Johnny is too frightened to understand how serious his condition is.

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Imagine Alice has returned from her journey down the rabbit hole and is retelling the events to her sister. Write a story from Alice's point of view, in which Alice explains what happened to her after she reached the bottom of the rabbit hole. Be sure to use dialog to show how Alice's sister responds to the story. Use details from the audio recording in your response.

Which of these words could be used to describe a message that combines several different forms of communication?
1 autocorrect
2 deductible
3 multimedia
4 subvert

Egyptian royalty prevented commoners from eating mushrooms by...

A. They were billionaires and thus owned all the mushroom and animal farms
B. They believed mushrooms had medicinal properties
C. Egyptian royalty thought eating mushrooms would make them immortal
D. Commoners couldn’t eat mushrooms since Egyptian royalty thought mushrooms were only meant for the pharaohs as they were immortal plants
E. None of the above
F. All of the above