1.How does the discovery that Poseidon is Percy's father put Percy at risk in multiple ways? Explain with evidence.

2.What changes does Rick Riordan make to the original myth of Medusa? Do you think those changes made sense or should he have kept the myth the same? Explain.

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief

Let's talk about the actual speech-giving part of Ted Talks. Which of the following is NOT required to have smooth fluency?
Group of answer choices

Total memorization

Smooth rate

Appropriate volume

Correct pitch

Upon what did Fortunato pride himself? (in the story The Cask of Amontillado)

Which of the following sentences contains a spelling error?
A. Do you remember when we were in the forth grade?
B. Mrs. Wagner was my teacher when I was in third grade.
C. That was my favorite year!

Write about a recent academic accomplishment you have had. What did you achieve? Did anyone help you along the way?

can u help me.......

Which sentence best describes a feature of Maryanne Wolf's reading stage 3, the decoding reader?
focusing on sight words that cannot be sounded out
using reading as a tool to acquire new knowledge
learning that pictures connect with text
reading material with multiple viewpoints

2. Best synonym for ascend:

HURRY PLEASE HELP!!

Read this excerpt from Percy Shelley's "To a Skylark." Which THREE lines contain a simile?
Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!
Bird thou never wert,
That from Heaven, or near it,
Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.

Higher still and higher
From the earth thou springest
Like a cloud of fire;
The blue deep thou wingest,
And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.

In the golden lightning
Of the sunken sun,
O'er which clouds are bright'ning,
Thou dost float and run;

Read the excerpt from Travels with Charley.

For many years I have traveled in many parts of the world. In America I live in New York, or dip into Chicago or San Francisco. But New York is no more America than Paris is France or London is England. Thus I discovered that I did not know my own country. I, an American writer, writing about America, was working from memory, and the memory is at best a faulty, warpy reservoir. I had not heard the speech of America, smelled the grass and trees and sewage, seen its hills and water, its color and quality of light. I knew the changes only from books and newspapers. But more than this, I had not felt the country for twenty-five years.

The author most frequently uses _____
to support his purpose of informing the reader of his past.

Part A

What is a claim the author makes in "Globalization and Cultural Identity"?


Globalization helps people embrace aspects of different cultures.

Globalization is necessary to support and grow traditional cultures.

Globalization tends to weaken or erase unique cultures.

Globalization decreases opportunities for economic advancement.
Question 2
Part B

The author supports the claim in Part A by stating that cities around the world are becoming "clones" of one another because they all have the same companies.

How well does this reason support the author's claim in Part A?


It is effective because it describes he benefits of visiting cities full of business people are familiar with.

It logically explains how cultural identity is negatively impacted through the expansion of companies throughout the world.

It is irrelevant because does not explain how companies are changing the world's economy through globalization.

It effectively shows how cultures and economies benefit from the introduction of new companies.

!!giving 20 points and brainliest!!Which of the following could be a central theme in the story of Perseus?

perseverance leads to success
courage can be foolish
power leads to war
honor leads to power

What is the author's purpose in "A Performance to Remember"?

A: to help readers understand Bonaly's decision to become a figure skater

B: to prove that Bonaly is braver and more determined compared to other skaters

C: to entertain readers with a story about Bonaly's illegal skating trick

D: to explain how Bonaly stands out from other figure skaters and why it matters

13. What is the best antonym for the bold word used: a figurative statement

a. circumspect
b. blunt
c. imaginative
d. literal

This is a question to a k12 test so I don't know if many people can help, but if your answer is right I'll give brainliest!

Part A

Which structure does the author use to organize information in the text “Improving Old MacDonald's Farm?


cause and effect

logical order

chronological order

comparison and contrast
Question 2
Part B

Read excerpt from "Improving Old MacDonald's Farm."

One important source of water pollution caused by farming activities is called sedimentation. Sedimentation occurs when wind or water runoff carries soil particles and dumps them into a nearby lake or stream. Too much sediment can cloud the water, which reduces the amount of sunlight that reaches aquatic plants. It can also clog the gills of fish or smother fish larvae.

How does the structure identified in Part A contribute to the development of ideas in this section of the article?


It describes how farming activities have caused sedimentation throughout history.

It compares the effects of sedimentation on aquatic plants to the impact on fish.

It shows that because farming activities are polluting the water, sedimentation occurs.

It explains the steps that lead to water pollution.

Sort the Alliteration below
wondered, we, which, what, Wanda, would​

Read the following excerpt from paragraph 4'‘I am not really a black crow, but an enchanted Prince, who has been doomed to spend his youth in misery. If you only liked, Princess, you could save me. But you would have to say good-bye to all your own people and come and be my constant companion in this ruined castle. There is one habitable room in it, in which there is a golden bed; there you will have to live all by yourself, and don’t forget that whatever you may see or hear in the night you must not scream out, for if you give as much as a single cry my sufferings will be double. Explain why this excerpt is a turning point in the development of the plot. Support your argument by describing the action before and after this excerpt. Use specific details from the text in your writing.

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Select the correct answers.
Which two sentences contain an intensive pronoun?

A. Trisha poured herself a cup of coffee.
B. The man saw himself in the old picture.
C. The queen herself met the playwright.
D. I need to get myself out of this mess.
E. My dad decorated the house himself.

Which sentence uses a participial phrase as an adjective?

Why does Malú think the apartment is boring?

Performance task essay. Argument: Is it important for people to make their own choices in life?

(Help today is the last day to turn in everything)

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Help me please !!!!!!!!!!!

15. Although this route is more circuitous than the highway, it permits you to see more countryside.
1 point
a. circuitous is used correctly
b. circuitous is used incorrectly

is this passage, the author implies

14. Tides are cyclic with two flood tides and two ebb tides in approximately 24 hours.
1 point
a. cyclic is used correctly
b. cyclic is used incorrectly

Analyze Scrooge’s final interaction with the Ghost of Christmas Present and the ghost’s impact on Scrooge’s character and perceptions.

(Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens)

Describe how Nancy Lee's relationship with other people at her school helps her shape her changing attitude towards race and racial discrimination in the united states? Commonlit passage: One Friday Morning
20 pts plzzz help fast