How would you categorize the following:
Do females in grades 9 to 12 score higher than males in grades 9 to 12 on
standardized assessment tests?
• essential question
o general subject
o research topic
o exploration

Answer:

That would be a research topic

Explanation:

It is not an essential piece of knowledge to know, a general topic would be "gender and education", and exploration would be extending research on a pre-existing topic. Therefore it is a research topic.

(ROMEO AND JULIET)
What does the audience know that Tybalt does not
know at this point in the play?
A. Romeo is an expert swordsman.
B. Romeo has set a trap for Tybalt.
C. Romeo is now married to Juliet.
D. Romeo snuck into the masked ball.

Enzo read this passage from "The Smithville Gazette: Neighborhood Thief Strikes Again.”

Another episode in the recent spate of neighborhood thefts occurred on Saturday at Ferguson’s department store. Several pieces of jewelry were taken at approximately 12:30 in the afternoon. Mrs. Jane Dickson, the employee working the jewelry counter reported that she did not initially see the theft, but realized shortly before 1 p.m. that several necklaces were missing from inside the jewelry case, which she had accidentally left unlocked while moving away to help another customer.

Instead of taking notes on the central idea, Enzo copied the passage down exactly. What is the best way to revise the passage into notes that reveal the central idea?

Saturday at 12:30 p.m., Ferguson’s, Mrs. Jane Dickson, jewelry, necklaces
robbery at Ferguson’s jewelry on Sat.—necklaces stolen
On Saturday at Ferguson’s, there was a robbery and some jewelry was stolen.
Mrs. Jane Dickson says there was a jewelry robbery.

What communities do you belong to? Name five.

9. Jenna is in a hurry to get to work. She goes through a fast food restaurant for
breakfast on her way to work. Which food resource does she need more of?
A. Time
B. Money
C. Access to food
D. Clothing

Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.
Read the passage. Then choose the correct way to complete the sentence.
The conflict between the narrator and his father creates tension about why the narrator did not


pursue his dream to be an artist

like his math teacher

pursue his dream to be a professional

like math class

Traditionally, students raise money for the big graduation party by
holding car washes, walkathons, and other events throughout the year.
However, the student council has proposed that the party be paid for
out of the school's annual budget instead, so that students can focus
on schoolwork and activities rather than fund-raising. Do you think that
students should continue raising the money for the graduation party?
Which claim most appropriately responds to the requirements of the prompt?
O A. Students should continue paying for the graduation party, because
the experience of raising money teaches many important lessons.
O B. The school should continue to allow the graduation party, which is
one of the most important rituals of growing up and something
that motivates students all year long.
O C. Some of the most important skills for success in school and
beyond are working together as a team, meeting goals, and
learning to be independent.
O D. Glen Valley Middle School is known to have the best graduation
party in town, and it is paid for by a combination of school support
and student fund-raising

The following qualities refer to a good ___________ ; golden brown crust, uniform attractive edge, blistery pebbly surface.

cookie
cake
pastry

Which text structure supports the idea that the
sentencing was swift and the hysteria surrounding the
witch hunts was relatively short-lived?
sequence
O comparison-contrast
O cause-effect
O problem-solution

Read the passage and answer the question.
[1]Nothing that comes from the desert expresses its extremes better than the unhappy growth of the
tree yuccas. Tormented, thin forests of it stalk drearily in the high mesas, particularly in that
triangular slip that fans out eastward from the meeting of the Sierras and coastwise hills. The
yucca bristles with bayonet-pointed leaves, dull green, growing shaggy with age like an old
[5] man's tangled gray beard, tipped with panicles of foul, greenish blooms. After its death, which is
slow, the ghostly hollow network of its woody skeleton, with hardly power to rot, makes even
the moonlight fearful. But it isn't always this way. Before the yucca has come to flower, while
yet its bloom is a luxurious, creamy, cone-shaped bud of the size of a small cabbage, full of
sugary sap, the Indians twist it deftly out of its fence of daggers and roast the prize for their
[10] own delectation.
Why does the author use the words "ghostly hollow" and "woody skeleton" to describe the yucca tree (line 6)?
To communicate the plant's extraordinary beauty
To emphasize the danger of the plant's leaves
To highlight the plant's frightening appearance
To reveal the author's preoccupation with death
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Tonya just realized that someone has stolen her credit card information and is attempting to open
several credit card accounts. The first thing Tonya should do is inform her credit card company that
her card was stolen. The second thing Tonya should do is notify a credit bureau about the situation
and ask it to create a fraud alert on her credit file. How long will the alert remain on her file?
A.10 days
B.45 days
C.60 days
D.90 days

What are three things that the bittering family did in this history

2. Explain the change in the number of people using social networking sites
from 2008 to 2011.

Friar Lawrence’s last speech, a monologue, summarizes all the actions for everyone on stage. Re-read his lines, (5.3.238-278) and paraphrase his words. What message is the audience left with?

Which of the following elements of the argument essay does not require an example of evidence

which statement best explains how patrick henry uses parallelism in the passage to influence the audience?

(ELA) What does the writer of an informational text want to do?

A. Confuse and intimidate readers.

B. Show off his or her knowledge of a subject.

C. Share information with readers.

D. Tell an exciting story.

Which statement best describes the author’s viewpoint in "The Thirsty Tree"? It is imperative to restore the American Southwest to the environment of about a hundred years ago. Encouraging the salt cedar tree and decreasing overgrazing are the best solutions in the American Southwest. People might do better to take a holistic approach to the health of the ecosystem in the American Southwest. China beetles might be a part of the solution to a number of misguided efforts regarding salt cedar trees.

How does this poem reflect the experience in a typical African Country​

In the context of the passage as a whole, which of the following choices best achieves this goal?
A
I discovered that print is better suited to in-depth reading and that e-readers have numerous advantages.
B
E-readers have numerous advantages despite the fact that I discovered that print is better suited to in-depth reading.
с
Even though e-readers have numerous advantages, I discovered that print is better suited to in-depth reading.
D
Since e-readers have numerous advantages, I discovered that print is better suited to in-depth reading.
E
Because I discovered that print is better suited to in-depth reading, I will admit that e-readers have numerous advantages.

You have read "Flying Without Wings," in which the author describes different animals, other than birds, that can fly. Write an essay analyzing how the author develops and refines the central idea of the text. Use evidence from the text to support your response.

As I write, there is a curious little brown-eyed creature darting around about me in the trees. Now, spread out like a parachute, it springs in the air, coming down lightly, only to dart to some other elevation, thence to repeat its antics again and again.

2
As you must by this time suspect, this creature is a flying squirrel—one of the familiar examples of a large number of animals that can move through the air without wings. If we closely examine this pretty little creature, we find that between the fore and hind legs there is an expansion of the skin, which, when the legs are spread out, offers a decided resistance to the air and buoys the animal up exactly as though it carried a parachute. When it is in midair, notice how careful it is to hold its feet and hands out as far as possible, to catch all the air it can. If we look closely, we shall find attached to each of the hands delicate bones, which, when the squirrel is in flight, act as booms for the curious sail in front.

3
But it is in the woods, in their native haunts, that the beautiful animals make their most wonderful leaps. From the tops of the tallest trees they launch themselves fearlessly into the air, coming down with a graceful swoop from a hundred feet or more; then, by a movement of the head, change their course to an upward one, they rise ten or twelve feet, and finally alight upon the tree of their choice. They immediately scramble to the top to soar away into the air, thus traveling through the woods from tree to tree much faster than you can follow them. How alike they are to birds, building nests for their young, and moving through the air with almost equal freedom!

4
One of the most curious of this family is the sugar squirrel—a beautiful creature, with large, curling ears of a delicate ash color above and white beneath. Like many squirrels, it is a nocturnal or night animal, lying concealed in its nest in some hollow tree until the sun disappears, when it comes out, and spends the night in wonderful leaps from tree to tree, in search of food and perhaps amusement. When descending from a great height, it seems as though they must inevitably dash headlong against the ground, so precipitate is their flight, but this never happens. That they are able to change the direction of their flight while in midair seems a very natural and reasonable supposition, though only on one occasion has the accomplishment of this feat been observed.

5
In the forests of the islands constituting the Indian Archipelago is found a curious flying animal that resembles the lemur and the bat. The natives call it the colugo, and also the “flying fox.” Like bats, these animals sleep in the daytime, hanging from the limbs and branches of trees, head downward, but as evening comes on, they sail forth, often doing great harm to the fruit on the neighboring plantations. In some parts of Java they are so numerous that it is found necessary to protect the fruit trees with huge nets. The extent of their flight through the air is something astonishing. They sometimes drop to the ground and hop along with a shuffling kind of leap, but if they are alarmed, they spring to the nearest tree and in a moment reach its top by a series of bounds. Out upon the branches they dart, and with a rush are off into space. Sailing through the air like some great bird, down they go obliquely, swift as an arrow, a hundred and fifty feet or more, rising again in a graceful curve and alighting safely on a distant tree. In these great leaps they carry their young, which cling to them, or sometimes follow them in their headlong flight, uttering hoarse and piercing cries. The colugos live almost exclusively on fruit, preferring plantains and the young and tender leaves of the cocoa-palm. These flying lemurs are perfectly harmless. They have lovely dark eyes and very intelligent and knowing faces.

6
So, the next time you are out in the woods, look closely at the animal flying overhead. You may be surprised at what you see.

I NEED HELPPPPP!!! My teacher had my class read this book and i need help with this assignment. if anyone has read If you come softly this should be simple for you

Which of these statements best describes the purpose of transitional words?

They create a clear connection between a reason and its supporting evidence.
They add more descriptive detail to the claim’s supporting evidence.
They clarify how the writer feels about the claim being made in the essay.
They identify the reasons being used to support the writer's claim.

10. The opening paragraph describes the layout of the ship is likened to that of
A.church
B.tenement
C.factory
D.cemetery

A sentence that describes a theme should include (1 point)

O specific details about the characters.

a detailed description of the conflict.

O a general statement that can be applied to other areas.

o the most important events in the plot.

"One Today"—excerpt
by Richard Blanco
Silver trucks heavy with oil or paper-
bricks or milk, teeming over highways alongside us,
on our way to clean tables, read ledgers, or save lives-
to teach geometry, or ring-up groceries as my mother did
for twenty years, so I could write this poem for all of us today.

The last lines of the second stanza creates a sense of unity by referencing (4 points)

the shared experience of listening to loud noises
the shared experience of the American workforce
the shared experience of teaching and learning
the shared need to move and travel

There
many old books in the library. (are)
The car
on the wet road. (skids)
I think the last bus
at eleven o'clock. (leave)
The baby
all night. (cries)
They
not like daddy's new car. (do)
S TEST 5 (2012)
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PLEASE GOO​

Which character is the best example of an archetype?
A. A greedy executive who will stop at nothing to increase profits
B. A gravedigger who enjoys playing online video games all day
C. A nice old man who carves ritual masks out of exotic woods
O D. A grandmother who suddenly decides to run for city council

Who or what broke the fairy's curse?
O a wizard
O a wiseman
Arlen's weaving
an old woman with holy water

Change
into passive:
-Ali plays football in the club.
-The boys have a party on Friday.
-I write my homework at home.

"not enough"

by Cayla Cooper



im not a girl

that should be

left alone with

her thoughts



Because I am

most in likely capable

of holding my entire

converstation with myself,



and by conversations i

mean the debates I have

with myself



and by debates I mean

the thoughts that im not

good enough, pretty enough-

im just...not enough,



am I the only one?

is there more people

out there think the same?

or is it just me

and my thoughts?



Maybe if I knew my worth

I wouldnt be stuck

here having a conversation

with myself, debating weather

or not I am good enough...



but who cares?

im just the girl that

is left alone

with her thoughts


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