Bob Cratchit's Speech

Answer:

"A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us."

Which all the family re-echoed.

"God bless us every one!" said Tiny Tim, the last of all.

He sat very close to his father's side upon his little stool. Bob held his withered little hand in his, as if he loved the child, and wished to keep him by his side, and dreaded that he might be taken from him.

"Spirit," said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, "tell me if Tiny Tim will live."

"I see a vacant seat," replied the Ghost, "in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die."

"No, no," said Scrooge. "Oh, no, kind Spirit. Say he will be spared."

"If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race," returned the Ghost, "will find him here. What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."

Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief.

"Man," said the Ghost, "if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and Where it is. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man's child. Oh God! To hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust."

Scrooge bent before the Ghost's rebuke, and trembling cast his eyes upon the ground. But he raised them speedily, on hearing his own name.

"Mr. Scrooge!" said Bob; "I'll give you Mr. Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast!"

"The Founder of the Feast indeed!" cried Mrs Cratchit, reddening. "I wish I had him here. I'd give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and I hope he'd have a good appetite for it."

"My dear," said Bob, "the children. Christmas Day."

"It should be Christmas Day, I am sure," said she, "on which one drinks the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge. You know he is, Robert. Nobody knows it better than you do, poor fellow."

"My dear," was Bob's mild answer, "Christmas Day."

"I'll drink his health for your sake and the Day's," said Mrs. Cratchit, "not for his. Long life to him. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! He'll be very merry and very happy, I have no doubt!"

The children drank the toast after her. It was the first of their proceedings which had no heartiness. [Stave Three, "The Second of the Three Spirits," p. 27-28]

Explanation:

A dash is most often used to do which of the following?
Select one:
mark the beginning of a quotation
indicate a sudden change in thought
begin a dramatic monologue
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set up a series of items in a list

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the art of cave dwellers was crude and ____

What does the word idle mean in the sentence from The Hobbit?

Did you come here to ask me idle questions?

dangerous
unimportant
emotional
confusing

Which revision is needed to correct the following sentence?
"The new student council officers will suggest easy fun activities at the short planning meeting."
A. Add a comma after the word easy.
B. Add a comma after the word new.
C. Add a comma after the word short.
D. Add a comma after the word council.​

In this excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation, which phrase or sentence supports the claim that President Lincoln did not want the slaves to take up arms against their former masters?
I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.

And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.

Write an antonym for each of these comments made about a buffet dinner. Preposterous, Gigantic, Extravagant, Fetid, Superfluous, Colossal.​

do gender stereotypes still impact today's society?​

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This is from the short story “Doll House”
(a) Identify two reasons to explain why the doll’s house is initially kept outside.
(b) Connect What does the decision to keep the house outside allow the girls to do that they might not have done otherwise?
Use one piece of evidence

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I awoke to a thunderous sound in the middle of the night and sat up as straight as a board. I climbed slowly out of bed surrounded by a curtain of darkness. Usually, my nightlight would provide some sort of visual path for my eyes, but not this time. I stumbled as blind as a bat down the hall to my parent's room. I knocked my knuckles on their door and heard my dad's deep voice answer through the closed door. I told him about the sound I had heard and that my nightlight was not working. Opening the door, he said the electricity probably went out and that it would probably be back on in the morning. Because I was a scared rabbit, he let me climb into bed with him and Mom until morning. Tucked tightly under the covers between Mom and Dad, I felt as safe as a turtle hiding in its shell. Because I was a scared rabbit, he let me climb into bed with him and Mom. Based on the context, what does the sentence tell the reader about the dad? A. He probably has not slept much. B. He is a sympathetic person. C. He is also scared of the dark also. D. He enjoys helping small animals.

The soldiers most likely know about the Highwayman returning to the inn because

what is the effect of density on rocks?

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Dissect and analyze the allegory of the man overboard from: "A man overboard!
What matters it? The vessel does not halt. The wind blows. That sombre ship has a path which it is
forced to pursue. It passes on.
The man disappears, then reappears; he plunges, he rises again to the surface; he calls, he stretches
out his arms; he is not heard. The vessel, trembling under the hurricane, is wholly absorbed in its own
workings; the passengers and sailors do not even see the drowning man; his miserable head is but a speck
amid the immensity of the waves. He gives vent to desperate cries from out of the depths. What a spectre
is that retreating sail! He gazes and gazes at it frantically. It retreats, it grows dim, it diminishes in size. He
was there but just now, he was one of the crew, he went and came along the deck with the rest, he had his
part of breath and of sunlight, he was a living man. Now, what has taken place? He has slipped, he has
fallen; all is at an end.
He is in the tremendous sea. Under foot he has nothing but what flees and crumbles. The billows, torn
and lashed by the wind, encompass him hideously; the tossings of the abyss bear him away; all the
tongues of water dash over his head; a populace of waves spits upon him; confused openings half devour
him; every time that he sinks, he catches glimpses of precipices filled with night; frightful and unknown
vegetations seize him, knot about his feet, draw him to them; he is conscious that he is becoming an abyss,
that he forms part of the foam; the waves toss him from one to another; he drinks in the bitterness; the
cowardly ocean attacks him furiously, to drown him; the enormity plays with his agony. It seems as
though all that water were hate.
Nevertheless, he struggles.
He tries to defend himself; he tries to sustain himself; he makes an effort; he swims. He, his petty
strength all exhausted instantly, combats the inexhaustible.
Where, then, is the ship? Yonder. Barely visible in the pale shadows of the horizon.
The wind blows in gusts; all the foam overwhelms him. He raises his eyes and beholds only the
lividness of the clouds. He witnesses, amid his death-pangs, the immense madness of the sea. He is
tortured by this madness; he hears noises strange to man, which seem to come from beyond the limits of
the earth, and from one knows not what frightful region beyond.
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There are birds in the clouds, just as there are angels above human distresses; but what can they do
for him? They sing and fly and float, and he, he rattles in the death agony.
He feels himself buried in those two infinities, the ocean and the sky, at one and the same time: the
one is a tomb; the other is a shroud.
Night descends; he has been swimming for hours; his strength is exhausted; that ship, that distant
thing in which there were men, has vanished; he is alone in the formidable twilight gulf; he sinks, he
stiffens himself, he twists himself; he feels under him the monstrous billows of the invisible; he shouts.
There are no more men. Where is God?
He shouts. Help! Help! He still shouts on.
Nothing on the horizon; nothing in heaven.
He implores the expanse, the waves, the seaweed, the reef; they are deaf. He beseeches the tempest;
the imperturbable tempest obeys only the infinite.
Around him darkness, fog, solitude, the stormy and nonsentient tumult, the undefined curling of
those wild waters. In him horror and fatigue. Beneath him the depths. Not a point of support. He thinks of
the gloomy adventures of the corpse in the limitless shadow. The bottomless cold paralyzes him. His
hands contract convulsively; they close, and grasp nothingness. Winds, clouds, whirlwinds, gusts, useless
stars! What is to be done? The desperate man gives up; he is weary, he chooses the alternative of death; he
resists not; he lets himself go; he abandons his grip; and then he tosses forevermore in the lugubrious
dreary depths of engulfment.
Oh, implacable march of human societies! Oh, losses of men and of souls on the way! Ocean into
which falls all that the law lets slip! Disastrous absence of help! Oh, moral death!
The sea is the inexorable social night into which the penal laws fling their condemned. The sea is the
immensity of wretchedness.
The soul, going down stream in this gulf, may become a corpse. Who shall resuscitate it?"

Which details from the text support the inference that Miss Emilie thinks lily should be working harder but Lily's mother does not? Select two opinions

The following is an example of what?

The sun shines in the sky - A

It shines so very high - A
rhyme scheme
meter
iambic pentameter
elegy

Read the following excerpt and draw a conclusion (a few sentences that the author is describing
"It was already one in the morning, the rain pattered dionally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out,
When, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature opery, it breathed hard,
and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs,
How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pairs and
care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful,
Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath, his hair was of a
Justrous black, and flowing his teeth of a pearly whiteness, but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid
contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were
set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.
did

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MEED HELP ASAP...examine the graphic in the text the identify the type of graphic used and explain how this graphic enhances the meaning of this text..
Passage In order to address the growing issue of medical absences in the sixth grade at Grover Middle School, I recommend a two-part plan. First, we should hire a professional deep-cleaning service to scrub down the sixth-grade classrooms. Then, we should have an assembly for the sixth graders where the school nurse talks about basic strategies for not spreading germs. I know these are drastic measures, but the numbers don't lie, and the sooner we put this plan into action, the sooner we'll finally have sixth-grade classrooms full of healthy kids ready to learn.​

First, gather all of your print sources, such as books, magazines, and encyclopedias. Decide which ones you are most likely to use. Then, create a source card for each one by writing the title, author, page number, and any other important information on an index card. When you are finished, number each of your source cards. This way, as you begin to take notes, you can just write the number of the source instead of writing all of the information again and again. Based on the details in the passage, which inference is most likely true? A. The source cards will be collected and graded , along with the report. B. The author believes that citing a source properly is more important than saying something interesting about it. O C. Readers are not expected to quote sources directly, but instead to paraphrase information . O Keeping track of sources in an organized way is an important part of research.

Select the correct answer.
Which statement about understanding the meaning of a poem is true?
A.
There is only one interpretation of a poem’s meaning.
B.
The meaning of a poem could be anything.
C.
It may take several readings to understand a poem’s meaning.
D.
A poem’s meaning becomes clear in the first reading.

Read the adapted excerpt from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
"But I should have mentioned that before the principal person began his oration, he cried out three times, Langro debul san (these words,
and the former, were afterwards repeated, and explained to me). Whereupon Immediately about fifty of the inhabitants came and cut the
strings that fastened the left side of my head, which gave me the liberty of turning it to the right, and of observing the person and gesture of
him that was to speak. He appeared to be of a middle age, and taller than any of the other three who attended him, whereof one was a
page that held up his train, and seemed to be somewhat longer than my middle finger, the other two stood one on each side, to support
him. He acted every part of an orator, and I could observe many periods of threatenings, and others of promises, pity, and kindness."
Which choice provides the best objective summary of the excerpt?
A. The narrator is bound but an orator comes out and orders his ties to be cut. This orator seems to be the leader as he is dressed formally and has others to support him. All follow his commands.
B. The narrator, tied down, watches as a leader of the group orders his ties to be cut so that he can turn his head. This leader seems to issue threats but also shows kindness.
C. The narrator is very confused as he is tied and cannot move, the inhabitants are speaking a language he does not understand,
and now an orator is both threatening him and showing pity.
D. The narrator is tied down and cannot move until a leader orders his ties be cut. This leader, whom the narrator cannot understand, seems to show a variety of different moods.

How do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose?

The comparison of honey to sugar production helps persuade readers that honey is better than sugar.
The details about sugar’s dependency on slavery help inform readers about why sugar was inexpensive.
The details about the sugar’s strong flavor entertain the reader with stories of how people invented sugar.
The comparison of the invention of sugar to steel helps persuade readers that sugar is easier to make than steel.

Select all that apply.

The second and third levels of importance represented in Figure 2 are: _____.

Paragraph headings
Chapter subsections
Title
Chapters

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
OA. Geologists from all over the world travel to study the ancient, geyser.
B. The geyser sprayed a mist of warm, glittering water into the desert air.
C. Throughout the year, the geyser draws large, tour groups to its location.
OD. Every few hours, hot water is spurted from the mouth, of the geyser.

How did Gutzon Borglum change
the original idea for Mount
Rushmore?

Alonso read the underlined metaphor in the following
passage from a narrative text:
“As the two friends crept across the grass, branches from
the low-hanging trees grabbed at their arms. The wind
sighed in the treetops, and high overhead, the moon was a
pale fingernail."
How should Alonso explain the impact of the metaphor on
the tone of the text?

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Easy Riddles
1. Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?


2. Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?


3. Riddle: What month of the year has 28 days?

4. Riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water?


5. Riddle: What question can you never answer yes to?


6. Riddle: What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?


7. Riddle: There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?


8. Riddle. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?


9. Riddle: What goes up but never comes down?


10. Riddle: A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

11. Riddle: What gets wet while drying?


12. Riddle: What can you keep after giving to someone?


13. Riddle: I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?


14. Riddle: You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?


15. Riddle: You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?


16. Riddle: A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?


17. Riddle: I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

18. Riddle: What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?


19. Riddle: The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?


Riddles for Kids
20. Riddle: David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?

vision of the future exposition

The lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner”…
Group of answer choices

were originally part of a poem written about a battle during the War of 1812

were originally part of a poem written about life in England

were originally part of a poem written about a battle in World War 1