Sharks' Teeth
By Langston Carter

The day we found the sharks' teeth was foggy and cool. Moisture hung in the air so thick you could almost see it sparkling in the dim sunlight. There were days, early in the summer like this one, where it seemed there was more water in the air than in the bay. We had beached the boat and stepped out on the recently cleared spit of land. The ground had a light dusting of white sand over an under layer of dried black mud. It looked like a recently frosted chocolate cake, though the frosting was spread a bit thin for my taste. The ground was solid, but we knew from experience that it was full of fiddler crab holes, and would be underwater at the first super-high tide. Mysteriously, to us anyway, someone wanted to build a house there.

We often came to these spots to look for artifacts. Our beach, our summer home, had been a fishing camp for as long as anyone living could remember. The oldest stories told of travelers coming down to the edge of the sea, lining up to fill their wagon beds with salted fish to take back home. Old decaying cabins still lined the beach. Rotting nets, hung out to dry in the last century, decorated their weathered walls. Their broken faces spun stories in our minds. The fishermen who, tanned and wrinkled from sun and salt, hauled their nets full of splashing mullet in to cheers from the waiting crowds. The bounty of the sea lightened everyone's hearts, and the smell of roasting fish filled the damp air. Women fanned themselves from wagon seats. Children splashed in the shallow edges of the bay. It was a scene we had acted out as youngsters, building an imaginary bridge to a life we would never fully know.

Read this sentence from the text:

The ground had a light dusting of white sand over an under layer of dried black mud. It looked like a recently frosted chocolate cake, though the frosting was spread a bit thin for my taste.

Which of the following best explains the phrase like a recently frosted chocolate cake?
The dark mud showed through the light white sand.
The dark mud was spongy like a warm, fresh cake.
The dark mud had a sweet quality like frosting.
The dark mud held their footsteps like frosting would.

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Answer 1

Answer:

The dark mud showed through the light white sand.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The dark mud had a sweet quality like frosting

Explanation:


Related Questions

Question 1
A general statement about the author's point of view is that manga is significant. Which piece of
evidence from the text best clarifies and supports this point of view?
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late 19th
entury, as seen
especially
of
A
The author believes there is no genre of greater historical importance to the
Japanese society than manga. This is proven in the first paragraph when the
author explains its popularity dating back to the 18th century.
B
The author believes manga is a complicated form of literature. This is proven
in the third paragraph when the author describes its root. This is reinforced
when the author describes Tezuka as an "expert.
С
The author believes that few people truly understand the beauty of manga.
This is proven in the fifth paragraph when the author explains the need for
publishers to provide a warning for first-time readers
D
The author believes manga is a generic genre that deserves little recognition
This is proven by the repeated use of the word "popular." These feelings are
reinforced in the final paragraph where the author makes sure that readers do
not confuse this genre with anime.
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Answer:

A. The author believes there is no genre of greater historical importance to the Japanese society than manga. This is proven in the first paragraph when the author explains its popularity dating back to the 18th century.

Explanation:

A general statement about the author's point of view is that manga is significant. The piece of evidence from the text that best clarifies and supports this point of view is option A.

This is because, the author believes that the manga is significant and is of great historical importance to Japan and is the most important genre in Japanese history as it dates back to the 18th century.

Write your Persona Poem below (remember to underline or highlight your use of figurative language):

Directions: Please write a Persona Poem.

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Answer:

My Life Feels Like I Been Locked Up In Prison For A Crime I Didn’t Commit.

So Much Stress And Lost Time, Feeling So Depressed I'm Tired Of It❗

I’m Trying To Do My Best, But My Life Feels Like It Just Gets Worse

When Is It Ever Going To Rest And Feel Blessed But Instead Its Like A Curse

Lost In Words Expressed With Cuffs And Chains I Digest It Hurts

Compressed With Hate And Anger When Is It Enough❗ I’m Going Insane I’m Going To Burst  

It’s Torture And Danger Deep Scars What Makes Me Tough, I Fell I Got Up I Had No Nurse

It’s A Life Of Horror It’s What Makes Me A Warrior, Times Got Rough But I Never Gave Up

I Been Through Real Stuff I Hope It’s Ending Soon Enough, Finally Painless And Greatness  

I Just Want To Blow Up And Be Famous So I Can Tell My Mama I Made It. : )

Explanation:

WhicH of the following quotations best supports answer to part aMORALITY AS ANTI-NATURE

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i just had mcflurry oreos

u should try sum

3. Devise up to three strategies that you can use, as Braithwaite puts it, to "eradicate your crutch phrase." How might these strategies help your language become more powerful?

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Answer:

Three strategies to "eradicate your crutch phrase" are:

1) Record your most recent presentation or speech to become aware of your crutch phrase(s).

2) Work with yourself and others to eradicate your tic.

3) Enforce silence by embracing your pauses.

Explanation:

The last strategy is enough preparation before any presentation.  Perfect practice, they say, makes perfect.  As Lisa Braithwaite, the Speak Schmeak coach, puts it, "eradicate your crutch phrase" in order to resonate as a professional and thrill your audience at every speaking opportunity.

Crutch phrases are those often repeated filler words and expressions that unintentionally enter our speeches to hinder them from being fluent.  Most times, because the audience is focused on the speaker, they tend to be distracted by the number of such crutch phrases that are repeated by the speaker in a given presentation.

define no
the best answer gets bainlist

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Answer:

a negative answer

Explanation:

Something your parents say to u alot

In the scene in Invention of Love where a man and woman arrive in the city in
the hot air balloon, there is a feeling of

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Answer is indeed this

Wonder

Answer:

c

Explanation:

wonder


What does inscription mean in this sentence?

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Answer:

words carved on something

Answer:

The answer is A

Explanation:

Inscription could mean any of the definitions but they way it is used in the sentence, it means words that are carved into wood. Hope I helped!

The little boy reads a big book very slowly to his teacher.

a. Noun
b. Adjective
c. Verb
d. Adverb
e. Preposition
f. Pronoun

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Answer:

Verb..................

Explanation:

Verb is the answer of your question.

hope it is helpful to you

write the word digital in a sentence

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Answer:

Digital tech is all the rage nowadays.

Explanation:

Read the excerpt from "The Turtle.”

of her patience, her fortitude,
her determination to complete
what she was born to do –
and then you realize a greater thing –
she doesn’t consider
what she was born to do.
She’s only filled
with an old blind wish.

Which main message do these lines express to readers?

Living things are guided by a natural purpose.
Turtles are strong and stubborn creatures.
Most animals are unaware of the natural world.
All parts of nature are connected in amazing ways.

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Answer:

living things are guided by a natural purpose

Explanation:

its A

Answer:

The correct answer is living things are guided by a natural purpose or in other words A

Explanation:

The excerpt is showing that the author is saying that living things follow the course of nature and its purpose

1. There is a strong correlation between conflict and?
setting
title
complex characters
resolution

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Answer:

triggered by internal deficiencies in development and governance (a lower economic opportunity cost of rebellion in poor areas, unequal distribution in gains from development, political marginalization) or external shocks (economic shocks, calamities, and war).


Pippi wrote a funny dialogue between two roommates for her short story. She's very happy with the draft but wants to add
context to the conversation. What is the BEST way for Pippi to do this?
o
Add at least one other character into the scene.

Make note of what the characters are doing as they are talking.

Interlace a secondary conversation with the first one.

Break up the discussion with introspective lines.

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Answer:

add another character

Explanation:

How do u punctuate a short story title

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Answer:

                     

Explanation:

Answer:

Well the title can have "!" in it or "?" but "." won't make sense to add in a title

Explanation:

In what way does this video of Maurice's toast deepen your understanding of and appreciation for the text?

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Answer: that burnt toast is not that good all the time

Explanation:

Refer to Passage 1 to answer this question.

Which word best describes Amy Foster?


rich


pretty


encouraged


dejected

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Answer:

Dejected

Explanation:

Considering how her life has turned out none of the others fit.

The combined lights from all the stars (spreads, spread) out to form a band of light across the sky.

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It would be spreads because that would mean it is present tense just like form.

Answer:

Spread

Explanation:

The reason it is spread is because if there is any plural noun, it would have to be spread or like separate for example. But if it would be a singular, then it would be spreads or separates.

Which statement best describes credible internet source

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Answer:

1. where are the statements?

2. If i were to find a statement it should have someone who majors in that source (ex: the statement is about archeology; so the statement is from a well known archeologist)

what we learned: when reading a statement about a certain subject if someone who is a major in that subject has made a quote in the statement then it's more credible; when the statement gives evidence or facts that have been proven the statement is much more likely to be credible.

I hope you understand and if not show me the statements and i will re-answer the question for you.

Answer:Websites ending in .gov, .edu., and .org are reliable sources of information, because they are run by the government, universities, and organizations.

Explanation:

What time is on the clock?
12
1
11
10
2
What time will it be in 50 minutes?
9
3:
8
4.
What time was it 59 minutes ago?
7
5
6
What time will it be in 56 minutes?

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Answer:

1. speeches made by characters in a story = dialogue

Dialogue refers to a speech in which at least two people are talking. In literature, there are different types of speeches: we have monologues (when only one person is talking and others are listening), soliloquys (when one person is alone and speaking), dialogues (when at least two people are speaking to each other), etc.

2. present-day = contemporary

The word contemporary comes from Latin, where con- means together, and tempus means time. So literally, this word means 'together with time,' which can be roughly translated as now, in the present, at the moment, at the moment of speaking.

3. struggle within one person's mind = internal conflict

There are many types of conflict, which refers to some kind of struggle. You can have a conflict within yourself (internal conflict), a conflict with another person (man vs. man), a conflict with a lot of people (man vs. society), or generally with life (man vs. nature).

4. talkative = garrulous

Like many words in English, the word garrulous also comes from Latin. It is derived from Latin verb garrire, which means to chatter, to prattle (which means to talk excessively). So the adjective garrulous in contemporary English refers to someone who is talking a lot about something trivial.

5. all-seeing, all-knowing = omniscient

Like many words mentioned above, the word omniscient also comes from Latin. It is derived from Latin pronoun omnis (meaning everything), and verb scire (meaning to know). So when translated literally, omniscient means to know everything.

6. submissive = obsequious

The word obsequious also comes from Latin; it is derived from the verb obsequi, which means to follow, to comply with. When added the English suffix for adjectives -ous, the word obsequious represents a servile person, someone who is practically grovelling before someone more powerful.

7. a single happening in a story = incident

Incident, also known as event, is a happening within a story. It can refer to something rather small and unimportant, or something crucial that can change the course of the story. When referred to several incidents/events together, we are talking about plot of a story.

8. savage = barbarian

When this word was created, barbarian was used to denote a person who wasn't a part of a great civilization such as Christian, Roman, or Greek. Over time, the meaning changed slightly to denote someone who is very crude, uncultured, or brutish.

9. necklace = riviere

Although the word riviere literally means river in French, it is used in English to refer to a type of a necklace. It is a specific kind of a necklace - usually made of diamonds or other gemstones of same kind and size, connected in order to create a beautiful decoration.

10. weird = eerie

The word eerie comes from Old Germanic languages, and refers to something strange, weird, but also a bit frightening. Today, it is usually used to refer to mysterious and creepy locations (usually in horror and suspense stories, such as in those written by Poe).

Explanation:

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George W. Bush First Inaugural Address


1. Where, when and to whom was the speech delivered?
2. Describe the TONE or MOOD in one complete sentence
3. What is a main argument being made? One sentence
4. In your own words, what is one CLAIM the speaker is making and what EVIDENCE supports that claim?
5. Quote a powerful line form the speech and explain why it speaks to you.(or if not to you, why it might speak to others)
6. Identify and explain one ALLUSION in each speech

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Answer:

1. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., delivered a speech to a massive group of civil rights marchers gathered around the Lincoln memorial in Washington DC.

2.The tone in a story indicates a particular feeling. It can be joyful, serious, humorous, sad, threatening, formal, informal, pessimistic, and optimistic. Your tone in writing will be reflective of your mood as you are writing.

3.In academic writing, an argument is usually a main idea, often called a “claim” or “thesis statement,” backed up with evidence that supports the idea. ... In other words, gone are the happy days of being given a “topic” about which you can write anything.

can someone help me with my question on my account?

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Explanation:

Hi Ms. ( Teacher's Name),

I learned that honesty is a very important skill. Lying to someone is going to make it better it just makes more consequences. It helps us learn as people how to trust each other. Lying is something that we all do and it is not right. Lying can cause people to not trust you as much. Honesty is key because if you did something wrong you should admit it. Honesty can save you problems as well. When you make one lie it makes so many other lies. For example if you lied to your teacher you would have to make another lie and another lie. Lying can cause many stress. That is why the best way is to tell the truth.

Using your understanding of restrictive and nonrestrictive information, rewrite the paragraph below.
Correct the punctuation errors by adding or removing commas.
Moving to a new place can be tough on anyone especially if the move is to a new state. At the start of a
move you may think that many things will be different in your life, and that nothing will be enjoyable,
ever again. Your surroundings may have to change. Your good friends and favorite activities however
do not. You can still maintain your friendships through a variety of technological ways which may
include talking on a cell phone, writing an email, and seeing a friend on video chat. Technology can
help you stay in contact, and be up to date with everything that your friends are doing. You can even
continue doing your favorite activities which might include sports. Most towns and cities have their
own teams, leagues, or clubs for popular activities. So you really do not have to give up what you love
to do. Knowing, that your friends and activities do not have to change, can help you be more open to
the idea of moving.

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Answer: not gonna take credit for this cause it’s from someone else but hereee!!!

Explanation:

Moving to a new place can be tough on anyone especially if the move is to a new state. At the start of the move, you may think that many things will be different in your life and that nothing would be enjoyable ever again. Your surroundings may have to change, your good friends and favorite activities ,however, do not. You can still maintain your friendships through a variety of technological ways which may include talking on a cell phone, writing an email, and seeing a friend on video chat. Technology can help you stay in contact and be up to date with everything that your friends are doing....(this missing part does not need any corrections) Knowing that your friends and activities do not have to change can help you to be more open to the idea of moving.

This informational reference usually provides information covering one calendar year.
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a.
Atlas
c.
Encyclopedia
b.
Dictionary
d.
None of these

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D none of these I believe that is the right answer

Answer:

D

Explanation:

What did Gerónimo de Aguilar and Malinche do to help Cortés?
a.
They worked in the fields.
b.
They drew maps for Spaniard explorers.
c.
They translated Indian languages to help Cortés understand how to defeat the Aztecs.
d.
They used their knowledge of gold mining to help Cortés find gold.


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

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Answer b

Explanation:

Anthony is preparing a special soup for his wife. The stock has been simmering for a few hours, along with a mix of egg whites and clear meat.
What is he making?
OA.
hot and sour soup
OB.
consommé
Oc. beef and vegetable soup
OD
egg drop soup

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Answer: D I think

Explanation:

Answer:

I believe it's Egg Drop Soup

Explanation:

It says mix of egg whites and clear meat so i just figured

is it true people get hornier as they get older?

serious question...

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Answer:

From personal reasons. No and if you do, then you need to really prioritize whats important and not lol

Explanation:

Answer:

no

Explanation:

(Giving brainliest!!)

Which of the following correctly demonstrates a verb tense shift?

A) Carolina hiked when a dog that had escaped will be crossing her path.
B) Carolina is hiking when a dog that had escaped crossing her path.
C) Carolina was hiking when a dog that had escaped crossed her path.
D) Carolina was hiking when a dog that had escaped will be crossing her path.

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i wouls pick (a) , let me know if its wrong. (im really sorry if it is)

Answer:

Your answer is A

Explanation:

I hope this helps because I took the test and I want you to smile for ME!!!

hw: section- C ( Question N0.3)

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Answer:

I think you forgot to attatch the actual question

Explanation:

Attatch it and i'll try to help!

Read the following​ sentence, and then select the group of words that consists of only nouns.

B.F. Skinner​ (1904-1990) is considered by many to have been the greatest behavioral psychologist of all time.

A.

​Skinner, many, time

B.

​many, behavioral, time

C.

​Skinner, greatest, psychologist

D.

​Skinner, psychologist, time

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Answer:

D

Explanation:

Read this excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.

Between the time Champollion's books appeared and the end of the nineteenth century, thousands of rolls of papyrus and copies of temple and tomb inscriptions were brought to Europe and America. There scholars, using the deciphering methods Champollion had pioneered, traced the entire history of writing in Egypt. They discovered it had begun about 3100 B.C. when images of important people were first accompanied by hieroglyphs of their names or titles. By 2500 B.C. complete sentences began to appear on tomb inscriptions, along with lists of offerings to the Egyptian gods.

Which statement best expresses an inference that can be supported by information in the excerpt?

Ancient Egyptian writing became more complex over time.
The only writing discovered from ancient Egypt was written on tombs.
Only wealthy people had tomb inscriptions in ancient Egypt.
Most of the Egyptian writing that scholars translated was about Egyptian gods.

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Ancient Egyptian writing became more complex over time.

Answer:

The answer is A) Ancient Egyptian writing became more complex over time.

Explanation:

I got a 100 on the test, sooooo... :)

Question 7 of 25
Which effect can best be achieved using the first person?
A. The reader feels distance between herself and the narrator.
B. The writer must work harder to manipulate shifts in time.
Ο Ο Ο
C. The use of specific, vivid detail becomes more important.
O D. The narrator's voice and personality are foregrounded.
SUBMIT

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Answer: D

The narrators voice and personality are foregrounded  

Explanation:

1st person is when the auther says I, me, or my

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