Read the excerpt from a short story. How does the character of the spotless ladybug affect the plot of the story? A group of ladybugs lived in a hollowed log in the middle of the forest. The ladybugs came in lots of different shapes and sizes. Some were large and orange in color. Others were small and red. All of them were covered in spots—all except for one. The other ladybugs made fun of this one spotless ladybug. This ladybug became embarrassed and covered its body with leaves. Nothing worked, though, and the ladybug continued to be teased by the other ladybugs in the log. One day, a flock of birds moved into a nearby tree. These were beautiful birds, but they were also dangerous. They had just one thing on their mind: eating ladybugs. The birds had no trouble finding all the ladybugs because of their spots— all of them except for the ladybug with no spots. This ladybug could blend in with the leaves and flowers around the log. That night, the ladybugs held a meeting. They decided that they needed get away from the birds. But how? The spotless ladybug spoke up. “The birds can’t see me. I can sneak into their tree when they’re sleeping and spill sticky honey in their nest. Then they’ll be stuck to the tree.” The ladybugs agreed to try this plan. A. The spotless ladybug was different from the others, but this quality helped to save the day. B. The spotless ladybug narrated the story so readers could understand what was happening. C. The spotless ladybug was teased by the other ladybugs and didn’t feel the need to help them. D. The spotless ladybug was smarter than the other bugs and was able to solve their problems. E. The spotless ladybug eventually grew spots to blend in with the other ladybugs.

Which line(s) from the poem show the reader that the poet is not just making

a statement about trees?

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A. Now, of my threescore years and ten/ Twenty will not come again,

B. And stands about the woodland ride/Wearing white for

Eastertide.

) C. Loveliest of trees, the cherry now/ Is hung with bloom along the

bough.

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D. About the woodlands I will go/To see the cherry hung with snow.

What is one example of a type of medium?
O A. Figurative language
O B. Informal language
C. Live theatre
O D. Point of view​

How should the sentence below be changed to include a verb phrase using the indicated verb? Janet ______________ a successful singer. (be) Question 4 options: a) Janet could be a successful singer. b) Janet is a successful singer. c) Janet wants to be a successful singer. d) None of the above

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“The Case of Susan B. Anthony:” Which of these inferences about the Anthony case is best supported by the text? Question 11 options: a) Anthony was majorly discouraged when the trial was moved to another county. b) Anthony is solely focused on her own self-interest. c) Local and state authorities are eager to bring their own charges against Anthony as well. d) The district attorney and federal authorities seem extremely motivated to prosecute Anthony.

Which statements are true about "evidence"? select all that appy observations which answer questions proof that an idea is true information for or against an idea data to help draw a conclusion

addresses a current issue or topic regarding immigration today. Read the article and detail what the article is about and explain the issue at hand.

5. Conan of Aquilonia is a collection of
four linked fantasy short stories written
by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal
sword and sorcery hero Conan the
Barbarian.
The stories were originally published in
Fantastic for August 1972, July 1973,
July 1974, and February 1975. The
collected stories were intended for
book publication by Lancer Books, but
this edition never appeared due to
Lancer's bankruptcy. The first book
edition was issued in paperback by
Ace Books in paperback in May 1977
In what year was the second Conan of
Aquilonia short story published?
a. 1974
b. 1973
C. 1972
d. 1977

What change is needed to form a complete sentence below? Which the school paper published. Question 3 options: a) Add the subject Tina b) Add the predicate wrote a fantastic editorial c) Add the subject Tina and the predicate wrote a fantastic editorial in front of which d) No changes need to be made

*FIFTY POINTS* Write a four-line stanza of your own that would go well with music. After you write the stanza, answer these questions: What rhyme scheme and meter does your poem have? How do those qualities help express the meaning of the poem? What genre of music do you see your poem fitting into? In what ways is the musical genre you envision connected to the rhyme scheme and meter that you chose? someone help please Im desperate lol.

Which detail most strongly develops the theme of loneliness in "The Raven"? The speaker looks to the bird for company by sitting on a chair and studying it. The speaker explains that like other friends and his hopes, the raven will leave him, too. The speaker whispers Lenore's name when he opens the door to see who has been tapping on it. The speaker asks the raven if he will see Lenore again.

Select the correct answer. What is a text’s main idea? A. supporting evidence for the topic B. the topic of the paragraph C. a statement about or way of looking at the topic D. detailed information about the topic

Plz Help. Read the excerpt below and answer the question. In this way, Mr. Brown learned a good deal about the religion of the clan and he came to the conclusion that a frontal attack on it would not succeed. And so he built a school and a little hospital in Umuofia. In this excerpt from Things Fall Apart, Achebe’s use of the phrase “frontal attack” hints that _____.
Mr. Brown has ultimately hostile motives
Mr. Brown was once a member of the military
Mr. Brown is deadly serious about converting the Igbo
Mr. Brown considers charitable work to be a matter of life and death

Read this excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and then answer the question that follows: (1) 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 battlefield of that war. (2) We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate … we cannot consecrate … we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. What is the main purpose of the first paragraph of this speech? A. It clearly and directly states the counterclaim. B. It introduces the topic and hooks the audience. C. It gives the speaker's history for common ground. D. It provides a transition between arguments.

taiwan essay
describe a market in the morning, the atmosphere, the streets
nighttime - the nightview, the silence, the streets in comparison, night markets - crowded, noisy

PLEASE HELP WITH THIS QUESTION

what important connections can you make between civic responsibility and possible career paths?​

nswer the following in a complete paragraph or more using good organization, standard formal English, proper grammar, and great content. If you could have the power to read people’s minds, would you choose to have this super power? Why or why not?

Your thoughts on the accessibility of personal information 5. What are the positives of being able to have this information? 6. What are the negatives of being able to access this information? 7. Should there be laws preventing access to such information? Why or why not? 8. Who's privacy should be protected and why? 9. Should our information be able to be collected? Why or why not? 10. If it had to be collected, who should be responsible for collecting our information?

From "The Tyranny of Things" by Elizabeth Morris Once upon a time, when I was very tired, I chanced to go away to a little house by the sea. "It is empty," they said, "but you can easily furnish it." Empty! Yes, thank Heaven! Furnish it? Heaven forbid! Its floors were bare, its walls were bare, its tables there were only two in the house were bare. There was nothing in the closets but books; nothing in the bureau drawers but the smell of clean, fresh wood; nothing in the kitchen but an oil stove, and a few a very few dishes; nothing in the attic but rafters and sunshine, and a view of the sea. After I had been there an hour there descended upon me a great peace, a sense of freedom, of in finite leisure. In the twilight I sat before the flickering embers of the open fire, and looked out through the open door to the sea, and asked myself, "Why?" Then the answer came: I was emancipated from things. There was nothing in the house to demand care, to claim attention, to cumber my consciousness with its insistent, unchanging companionship. There was nothing but a shelter, and outside, the fields and marshes, the shore and the sea. These did not have to be taken down and put up and arranged and dusted and cared for. They were not things at all, they were powers, presences. And so I rested. While the spell was still unbroken, I came away. For broken it would have been, I know, had I not fled first. Even in this refuge the enemy would have pursued me, found me out, encompassed me. If we could but free ourselves once for all, how simple life might become! One of my friends, who, with six young children and only one servant, keeps a spotless house and a soul serene, told me once how she did it. "My dear, once a month I give away every single thing in the house that we do not imperatively need. It sounds wasteful, but I don’t believe it really is. Sometimes Jeremiah mourns over missing old clothes, or back numbers of the magazines, but I tell him if he doesn’t want to be mated to a gibbering maniac he will let me do as I like." The old monks knew all this very well. One wonders sometimes how they got their power; but go up to Fiesole, and sit a while in one of those little, bare, white-walled cells, and you will begin to understand. If there were any spiritual force in one, it would have to come out there. I have not their courage, and I win no such freedom. I allow myself to be overwhelmed by the invading host of things, making fitful resistance, but without any real steadiness of purpose. Yet never do I wholly give up the struggle, and in my heart I cherish an ideal, remotely typified by that empty little house beside the sea. Which three statements from the essay illustrate how Morris feels about things? Choose one answer from each group. Type the LETTER ONLY for each answer in the correct blank. Type A, B, or C for Blank 1. Empty! Yes, thank Heaven It sounds wasteful, but I don’t believe it really is I have not their courage, and I win no such freedom. Type D, E, or F for Blank 2. I cherish an ideal, remotely typified by that empty little house beside the sea. One wonders sometimes how they got their power Even in this refuge the enemy would have pursued me, found me out, encompassed me. Type G, H, or I for Blank 3. While the spell was still unbroken, I came away. Yet never do I wholly give up the struggle. The old monks knew all this very well.

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.

PLEASE HELPPP!!!!!
“The world on the turtles back” summarize a part of the story that explains the origin of something (how something came to be)
20 POINTS!

“The Case of Susan B. Anthony:” What is most likely the author’s reason for writing this letter to the editor? Question 30 options: a) To gain public support in favor or Susan B. Anthony. b) To convince readers of Susan B. Anthony’s guilt. c) To write an unbiased report of all of the facts in Anthony’s case. d) To change the Constitution.\

The Case of Susan B. Anthony:” Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the central idea of the reading? Question 29 options: a) “Through the storms and cold of a most inclement March she made her way to every town and village in Monroe County, asking, night after night, large audiences the question ‘Is it a Crime for a United States Citizen to Vote?’” b) “Such courage and energy as hers deserve admiration, and what is more, support.” c) “That is, they were ostensibly so treated; in reality, nearly all the parties concerned in the prosecution showed themselves, to their credit be it said, heartily ashamed of their part in the proceedings.” d) “Last Fall Miss Anthony, her sister, and several other women, voted the full State and National Republican tickets on the 5th of November.”

if you could be any animal what would you be and why

Do you think it’s ever appropriate to confound audience expectations? Explain your answer.

Macbeth act 5 scene 1

Click to read "The Story of Icarus and Daedalus" by Ovid and "Musée des

Beaux Arts," by W. H. Auden. Then answer the question.

What detail does Auden include in his poem that is not part of Ovid's story of

Icarus and Daedalus?

A. Icarus struggles to stay alive when he crashes into the sea.

B. The people on the shore ignore Icarus falling into the water.

C. Icarus falls into the water.

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D. Icarus's wings melt because of the sun's heat.

SUBMIT

Baseline writing - Wednesday August 5, 2020
"What is the role of conflict in peace?" Consider this question and write an approximately 250-
word response. American Literature is full of conflict because it chronicles the history of the
United States through independence from Britain, Native Americans and European settlers
sharing a vast land, and emerging ideas of leat creates a national identity, whether it's religious,
political or something else entirely (Not to mention the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the
Civil Rights era of the 1960s.)
Feel free to write openly and without regard to how many paragraphs you should have, whether
there should be an introduction or conclusion, or even how well you understand the question. If it
helps to write from a historical viewpoint, do it, if it helps to write from a personal point of view
(including the use of "I,” do it.)

Which of the following describes a strategy used during the prewriting stage of short-story writing? freewriting to generate ideas for a story’s theme making corrections to grammar and spelling revising to ensure the story is interesting following a story map to stay on track and keep the story line moving forward