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Kites: Birds of Glory

As a rule, raptors, or birds of prey, are among the most admired and adored birds in the world. From the California condor to the snowy owl, few birds compare to the tigers of the air: the great hunters whose beauty and skill have inspired art and literature for centuries. The most glorious feathers of the peacock or the vibrant plumage of a bunting cannot compete with the power of a peregrine falcon or the determination of an osprey. Included in this group of hunters, however, is one bird of prey that is little known but equally impressive. The kites of the world are generally smaller than most raptors, but just as astonishing in skill and grace as any other hunter of the skies.

Most people think of paper or cloth structures flown with string from the ground when the word 'kite' is used. In addition to these popular toys, kite can also refer to a type of raptor. Kites have a small head, a short beak and long narrow wings and tail. Kites can be found all over the world in mostly warm regions. Kites live on a variety of prey—from insects to small rodents or reptiles. Some kites eat only one kind of prey. Kites are generally masterful in the air and represent a group of birds that are among the most acrobatic of fliers.

Two of the most familiar kites in the Southern United States are the swallow-tailed kite and the Mississippi kite. The Mississippi kite is rather plain to look at: a light brown and gray body with a buff or white colored head. But to watch a Mississippi kite fly is to watch a ballet in the air. These raptors eat primarily flying insects, so they do most of their hunting on the wing. As you might imagine, catching flying insects requires a great deal of agility and speed. If you are lucky enough to see one in flight, you will be amazed at the quick turns, graceful moves, and speedy pursuits of this bird. Look for them above large fields, especially during the summer.

The swallow-tailed kite, also common in the South, is more easily identifiable and often seen flying over roads. With black wings and tail, white head and body, and a forked or swallow-like tail, this raptor is just as acrobatic as the Mississippi kite. Swallow-tailed kites like flying over highways in the summer as they can take advantage of the thermals, or columns of warmed air, that rise above the pavement. Once they have climbed to sufficient height, swallow-tails will glide, looking for snakes and reptiles and insects. They also eat small rodents, frogs, and other birds on occasion. Watching a swallow-tail fly is a lot like watching a gymnast perform a floor routine. Rarely flapping its wings, it uses its forked tail to make sharp turns, trace circles in the sky, or simply maintain a heading. Skilled, accomplished, and graceful, this bird is as entertaining as it is beautiful.

Both kites are known to eat while flying, unlike most other birds of prey. This practice conserves energy and allows them to hunt almost continuously. While these kites are not listed as endangered, they are rare and in some states are listed as critical. Loss of habitat is the main reason for the decline. If you are lucky enough to see one, count yourself among the few. These magnificent birds are a sight you won't soon forget.

How does the author develop the idea that kites are skillful fliers? Use details and quotations from the text to support your answer.

Answer:

The author develops the idea that kites are skillfull fliers because of their way of catching other flying insects and their amazing air stunts. This is evident, on the passage it stated, "Rarely flapping its wings, it uses its forked tail to make sharp turns, trace circles in the sky, or simply maintain a heading. Skilled, accomplished. and graceful, this bird is as entertaining as it is beautiful.". Additionally, "As you might imagine, catching flying insects requires a great deal of agility and speed. If you are lucky enough to see one in flight, you will be amazed at the quick turns, graceful moves, and speedy pursuits of this bird. Look for them above large fields, especially during the summer.". This demonstrates how the kite bird is very different from the other birds we see around and are beautiful to see when you find one. Overall, the Kite birds are skillful fliers and good at catching their food.

A review is a type of Persuasive Writing.
True
False

You are planning a research paper to answer the question of whether violence in video games has a direct connection to violence in real life. Which of the following research sources would be most likely to lead you to useful results?

Interviews with people who actively oppose violence in video games
Search engine: "violence in video games" and "arrest reports"
Survey results to compare statistics of violent acts with sales of violent games
Interviews with people who actively support violence in video games

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As you learned in this lesson, there are many storyboard formats, each designed for a different type of project. What kind of project would benefit from a storyboard with many frames on each page?
Select one:

a.
a presentation based on an existing structure or organization

b.
a presentation with a lengthy and very detailed script

c.
a project with slides that will contain many detailed visual elements

d.
a project consisting of ideas that may need to be rearranged

In the sentence below, the underlined portion is a clause. Identify the type of clause.
I can't go to the movies since I don't have any
money.
Independent clause
Dependent clause
Non essential clause
None of the choices

What is the main effect of the conflict between the Montague’s and Capulet’s in the beginning of Act 1? *
to reveal that the servants are also involved in the feud
to expose the conflict between the two feuding families
to show the similarities between Lady Montague and Lady Capulet
to expose Shakespeare’s view of women as the weaker sex

10.
Which sentence is written in the active voice?


A. A perfectly preserved woolly mammoth was found frozen in ice by scientists.


B. Scientists found a perfectly preserved woolly mammoth frozen in ice.

Which best describes the relationship between
character and conflict in the excerpt?

How does Shakespeare use figurative language to develop the character of Cassius?

The past perfect tense is made up of two parts what are they? 

is a good book 1000 or 200 pages​

change from active to passive: An earthquake destroyed the town​

imagine you were taking a trip to outer space. Describe what it's like and tell what kinds of things you do when you get there.
make up your own story .. and it's for reading but there is no reading..!​

Which story premise is most clearly a classic tragedy?
O A. Heavy rains flood a musician's basement, ruining his equipment.
O B. Jesse tries his best to restore an old car, but the thing won't run.
O C. No matter how hard she tries, Tris just can't succeed at anything.
D. A successful business owner loses everything because of her
greed.
SUBMIT

Memes are life.
A. Personification
B. Idiom
C. Simile
D. Hyperbole
E. Metaphor

(And explain why)

Has anyone read Jasper Jones and can help me with an essay?

Ponyboy knows that he is missing some meaning in Robert Frost’s poem. What do you think the main characters should take away from this poem? What is the poem about?

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Part B

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

B It explains how accounting for water and water loss control are methods to achieve sustainability.

C It debates whether water loss control or accounting for water is more effective to achieve efficiency.

D It describes how and when water meters were first used to measure water usage.

F It provides detailed instructions for using a water meter and locating where leaks are most likely to occur.

What is the form of the word media?

Astro dad by readworks

A summary does not include

A.Setting
B.conflict
C.theme
D.characters

What do you think happened at the end of The Giver? Why? Justify your answer with evidence from the book.

The poem says a lot about the theme of time passing and looks fading. The woman in the poem regrets the loss of youth and beauty. What is your definition of beauty? Is it a physical feature? Is there such a thing as “inner beauty? What kind of beauty might that be? Write your answer in two hundred words.

"Maybe people are younger when they are asleep" (p.92). What do you think about this comment?

- Nelson Mandela

“The greatest glory in living is not falling, but rising every time we fall."

Former President of South Africa
What does this quote mean? make it at least 2-3 sentences

From the Encyclopedia Britannica biography:
Benjamin Solomon Carson was born on Sept. 18, 1951, in Detroit, Mich. His parents divorced when he was eight, and he lived with his mother and brother first in Boston and then back in Detroit. He was a poor academic student in elementary school until his mother began to limit his television watching and had him read two books a week and write book reports.
In 2008, Pres. George W. Bush awarded Carson the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2009 a movie about Carson's life, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story premiered on television. Carson was the author of an autobiography, Gifted Hands (1990), written with Cecil Murphey, as well as several motivational books.
In 1983 Carson moved to Perth, Australia, to work as a chief neurosurgery resident at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. After a year spent gaining experience, he returned to Johns Hopkins, where he was named director of pediatric neurosurgery. There he earned a reputation for dealing with difficult cases using advanced surgical methods. In 1985 he performed his first successful hemispherectomy, a procedure that removes part of the brain in order to control chronic seizures. He also became known for his work separating conjoined twins, in 1987 completing the first successful separation of craniopagus twins (joined at the head).
From the Academy of Achievement autobiographical interview:
We had to stay in the house and read these books and our friends were outside and they were playing and they knew we couldn't come out. It seems like they would be making just that much more noise to torment us. But, I hated it for the first several weeks, but then all of a sudden, I started to enjoy it because we had no money, but between the covers of those books, I could go anyplace, I could be anybody, I could do anything. And, I began to learn how to use my imagination more because it doesn't really require a lot of imagination to watch television, but it does to read. You've got to take those letters and make them into words, and those words into sentences, and those sentences into concepts, and the more you do that, the more vivid your imagination becomes. And, I believe that's probably one of the reasons that you see that creative people tend to be readers, because they're exercising their mind.
I was reading about people in laboratories, pouring chemicals from a beaker into a flask and watching the steam rise, and completing electrical circuits, and discovering galaxies, and looking at microcosms in the microscope, and I just acquired so much knowledge, and I had put myself into those settings and I saw myself differently than everybody else in my environment who just wanted to get out of school so they could get some cool clothes and a cool car. And, I was looking down the pike and seeing myself as a scientist or a physician or something of that nature, and that was one of the things that sort of carried me through much of the ridicule and some of the hardships that a person would have to go through coming from my environment and going to medical school.
The thing that I am probably the most proud of is not all the medical accomplishments or honorary degrees or various boards and societies. I'm most proud of the 100,000-plus letters that I have from young people, throughout America and around the world, whose lives have been changed by reading one of my books, or seeing me on television, or an interview in a magazine, and recognizing that they have the ability to define their own lives. If that's the legacy that I leave, I'll be very happy.
I was talking to a friend of mine, who was a cardiothoracic surgeon, who was the chief of the division, and I said, "You guys operate on the heart in babies, how do you keep them from exsanguinating" and he says, "Well, we put them in hypothermic arrest." I said, "Is there any reason that -- if we were doing a set of Siamese twins that were joined at the head -- that we couldn't put them into hypothermic arrest, at the appropriate time, when we're likely to lose a lot of blood?" and he said, "No." I said, "Wow, this is great." Then I said, "Why am I putting my time into this? I'm not going to see any Siamese twins." So I kind of forgot about it, and lo and behold, two months later, along came these doctors from Germany, presenting this case of Siamese twins. And, I was asked for my opinion, and I then began to explain the techniques that should be used, and how we would incorporate hypothermic arrest, and everybody said "Wow! That sounds like it might work." And, my colleagues and I, a few of us went over to Germany. We looked at the twins. We actually put in scalp expanders, and five months later we brought them over and did the operation, and lo and behold, it worked.

Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.

Before the train leaves, the gangsters roam the Tapachula depot, eyeing which migrants are buying food and where they stash their cash afterward. They try to get friendly with the migrants, telling them they have already done the train ride. Maybe they can offer tips? Many of the gangsters wear white plastic rosaries around their necks so the migrants will be less suspicious. They ask, "Where are you from? Where are you going? Do you have any money?"

How does the narrative technique of characterization support the author’s purpose in this excerpt?

It helps create uneasiness.
It helps create trust.
It helps create hope.
It helps create calmness.

Big picture questions in Macbeth with answers and quotes

Discuss the types of motion you can add into your presentations.

Read the line from the text.

Most people would agree that with its typically high fat and sugar content and delicious taste, chocolate is terribly good.

What effect does the author create by using the phrase terribly good? Select TWO options.
A.
The author makes chocolate seem appealing despite its high fat and sugar content.
B.
The author creates a sarcastic mood to coordinate with the mood of the rest of the text.
C.
The author creates a controversial mood on purpose to spur his reader to action against chocolate production and consumption.
D.
The author challenges the reader to think twice about chocolate and see it as an alternative to energy bars because of its energy–inducing sugar and fat.
E.
The author wants to create a positive mood about chocolate, as the point of the text is to persuade the reader to always choose chocolate as his or her snack of choice.
F.
The author wants the reader to delight in the fact that we eat chocolate and enjoy it even though it is not very healthy.