Read the following paragraph and select the author's purpose in writing that paragraph.



Christopher Columbus was a famous explorer who discovered the New World while searching for a western route to the Indies. Although all other merchants had traveled eastward to the Indies, Columbus was convinced he could reach the Indies by traveling west. He begged the king and queen to give him money, equipment, and supplies for his journey. Although Christopher Columbus did not find what he was looking for, on October 12, 1492, he and his men discovered the New World. The world owes a great debt to the courageous explorations of Christopher Columbus.

to give pleasure
to persuade
to express strong feelings
to inform

I only need help with these 2 questions!! PLEASE HELP (NO LINKS)
1. A phrase or group of words that has a specific idea that is different from its direct, iteral meaning is a _____________________
A. idiom
B. isotope
C. icon

2. The formula that we talked about in class to help determine if we are making a good inference is:

A. I say, we say, you say
B. It says + I say = and so...
C. sun + sand = fun

Can someone please read this and answer the question !
(only 4 paragraphs)

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Read the statements on the left. How does the author respond to these view points held by others ? Drag one sentence to each box to complete the table .

What are some of the ways different species of animals can bond? Use RACE

Writing prompt: Write an argumentative essay for or against maintaining traditional coming-of-age ceremonies, such as a bar mitzvah or a quinceañera. Help?

IF YOU KNOW THE STORY "The Tiger Rising" ANSWER! This is for my ELA grade pls do not scam for points

Central Idea, Theme, and Objective Summary pre/ post test _____1. Theme RL.7.2 _____2. Central Idea RI.72 _____3. Inference RI.7.1 _____4. Textual Evidence RL.7.1 A. Direct lines from a text that you can use to support your arguments. B. Important information that tells more about the overall idea of a story. C. An idea about life or human nature that an author is trying to share with readers. Could be sentence. D. What we figure out based on experiences

He drives a racecar 80 miles per hour. He motivates audiences of hundreds. He's earned awards for his performance on and off the racetrack, and he's traveled the country to compete. Did we mention that he's 13 years old? One look at his accomplishments and it is easy to see that Noah "Little Gator" Cornman is on the fast track to success. "Little" might be a part of his nickname, but it does not describe his determination to succeed and his heart to make a difference for kids like him.

In paragraph 1, which sentence implies that the author is impressed with the teen's accomplishments?

a) He drives a racecar 80 miles per hour.
b) He motivates audiences of hundreds.
c) Did we mention that he's 13 years old?
d) He's traveled the country to compete.

Which lines reveal the author's point of view about the search for life on other planets?

I need some help with this question

Read my statement and create an argument against it.

Conformity is like a strainer, filtering how people act and behave. Conformity plays a major role in our 2021 society, our nations laws and growing expectations, filter how people behave. Social media platforms like Instag ram and Tick Tok change the way the users act and even look. Some social media platforms even delete things that people post or comment because they don't like what effect the post might have on people. Even news stories filter out certain details sometimes to make the people watching or reading think the way they want them to to think.

what is the Adjective in this sentence?
Ginger has long red hair with black tips.​

When you buy a company’s stock, you are basically buying a portion of that company. You are a part owner, and the technical term for that is “shareholder.” It’s important to do your research and purchase stock in a company that you believe in. Does the company have a good product? Has the company been around for many years? How has the stock done in the past? What is in the future for this company? These questions can help determine whether or not a company is a good investment. Some companies offer their shareholders dividends. A dividend is an amount of money that a company pays its shareholders from its profits. Some companies pay dividends on a regular basis, but it depends on the company.

What is a shareholder?

A
someone who owns stock in a company

B
someone who researches investments

C
someone who diversifies their investments

D
someone who sets the value of a company’s stock

Which answer goes in which box?

Which of these CAPITALIZED phrases contains an adjective or adverb in the superlative form?

A. The soccer players have some fierce competitions coming up this season, so they WILL TRAIN EARLIEST every day.

B. Of all candidates on the stage that evening, the young senator SPOKE MOST PERSUASIVELY to the crowd.

C. The blue pencil IS SHARPER THAN the green one, so that is the one Rebecca will use on her art project.

D. Some people thing Mount McKinley is a NOCER HIKING AREA area than Smith Park, but others disagree.

E. Park, but others disagree.

In the book walk two moons Sal feels most comfortable in the country and that she considers Bybanks, Kentucky, her home. • Write about how she will adjust to life in Euclid. Be as specific as possible, drawing from the reading and from class discussions. • List three words that describe Sal and then write three sentences about each word that explain these characterizations.

Are there any ethical issues connected to chapter 16 of hoot?

PLEASE HELP ASAP!!! Write a response describing what Lord Higa demands of the villagers and how the wise old woman’s response is different from that of the wise men in the village. Cite evidence from the text to support your response.

May someone please help !!!!! read the story and answer part A and B . If you read all this and come up with the correct answer I will cash app you because I know its a lot of reading . Yes, it's legit !

PPPPPLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZ HURY Sometimes I can’t conceive of how much time my grandfather spends watching sports on TV. One day, he turned off a basketball game long before it was over. I asked him if anything was wrong.“I’m just fed up with commercials,” he replied. “There are too many of them, and they really affect my enjoyment of the game.” He emphesized his point by tossing me the remote. Which underlined word is misspelled, and what is the spelling mistake?

Select the correct text in the passage. I will give Brainliest, please hurry.

In this excerpt from the “Mother Holle” by the Brothers Grimm, which sentence contains direct characterization?

1. [Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters; one of them was beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and lazy.] The mother, however, loved the ugly and lazy one best, because she was her own daughter, and so the other, who was only her stepdaughter, was made to do all the work of the house, and was quite the Cinderella of the family. 2. [Her stepmother sent her out every day to sit by the well in the high road, there to spin until she made her fingers bleed.] 3. [Now it chanced one day that some blood fell on to the spindle, and as the girl stopped over the well to wash it off, the spindle suddenly sprang out of her hand and fell into the well.] She ran home crying to tell of her misfortune, but her stepmother spoke harshly to her, and after giving her a violent scolding, said unkindly, "As you have let the spindle fall into the well you may go yourself and fetch it out."


4.[The girl went back to the well not knowing what to do, and at last in her distress she jumped into the water after the spindle.]

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20 points
Match the vocabulary term with its meaning.

1 the study of human populations
2 the act of ending a law or practice such as slavery
3 an economic theory that tries to reduce one nation's dependence on other nations
4 receiving goods from other nations for the purpose of trade
5 sending goods to other nations for the purpose of trade

demography
abolition
mercantilism
export
import

How do we identify tone in a piece of writing?
Group of answer choices

We study the plot or story line.

We look at the writer's word choice, use of imagery, and direct statements.

We look mainly at the descriptions of the character's appearance.

We work it out from the imagery, which might remind us of things we know.

Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 by Ernest Lawrence Thayer Poetry, 1888

Introduction

Ernest Thayer (1863–1940) was an American poet who published the poem “Casey at the Bat” in The San Francisco Examiner under the pseudonym “Phin.” The poem’s anonymity and association with DeWolf Hopper, who recited it 10,000 times on the vaudeville stage, led to many false claims about its authorship, and only reluctantly did Thayer eventually step forward to claim the poem as his own. By then, it had become firmly imprinted on the American imagination as the quintessential baseball poem, full of hope, drama, bravado, defeat, and humor. Though some readers may be unfamiliar with at bats and innings, everyone can relate to the final sentiment: “there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.”



Using context clues, what is the definition of quintessential?

a Not important
b The most important
c Unrelated to a certain subject
d Representing the perfect example of something

. In which sentence is the complete predicate underlined?​

Read the excerpt from the story Animals in the Zoo.

It was time for Ryan's mom to examine the tamarins, so they headed to the Primate Discovery Center. They walked into the veterinarian's room so that his mother could examine the tamarins. The public wasn't allowed to see them until Ryan's mother had looked them over and made sure they were healthy. The room was white, very sterile, and looked like an operating room that you would see on TV. Ryan's eyes widened and a look of uneasiness crossed his face. He was scared, and his mother noticed right away.

"Don't worry, we won't be operating on the tamarins today. We are just checking their health and looking at their eyes, ears, and hands during this visit. We want to make sure they are healthy enough to be put into their enclosure," she said. Just then, a zoo employee brought in the two tamarins, and Ryan immediately understood why they were called cotton-top tamarins. They had white tufts of hair on top of their heads. The zoo employee told Ryan and his mom that these two tamarins were the first of many to come to the zoo. If these two stayed healthy and appeared to be happy in their enclosure, the zoo would be able to get even more tamarins to fill the exhibit which is why they wanted to make sure they had an expert come in to examine them.

Read the excerpt from the story Winter Driving.

As he came around a bend in the road, he could feel his tires slip and slide on the ice. But the ice wasn't his only problem. His eyes grew wide when he saw a small hill straight ahead. He scrunched his eyebrows as he concentrated on staying on the road. He worried for a minute since he was driving slowly and the ice on the road might prevent him from making it up the hill. He drove slowly until he got to the base of the hill. He started making his way up, but it wasn't long before his tires started to spin on the ice. He continued, slow and steady, squeezing the steering wheel so tightly that his knuckles were turning white.

Eventually, Jesper made it to the top of the hill. Phew, he thought. He pulled over so that he could release the steering wheel from his tight grasp. He squeezed his hands into fists a few times to get the blood flowing through his fingers once again. He took a few breaths and continued driving. The snow was still falling, and he knew he definitely didn't want to get stuck sleeping in his car. He had come this far, and he was determined to make it all the way home.

Select the evidence that shows the difference in what helps the characters in Animals in the Zoo and Winter Driving overcome their fear.

Read the poem.

The Song of Wandering Aengus

by William Butler Yeats

I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And someone called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.

Read these lines from "The Song of Wandering Aengus."

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,

How does Aengus's continued search for the girl affect the meaning in the poem?


A. It shows he is trying to get in touch with the beauty and life he caught a glimpse of.


B. It suggests that Aengus misses the life he had when he was a young boy.


C. It reflects his obsession with a woman he once knew and cannot forget.


D. It reflects his desire to recreate an odd experience he once had.

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Read this excerpt from “Paradise Lost” by John Milton. Which two lines are in iambic pentameter?
OF Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit----- choice
Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast
Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top
Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire
That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,------ choice
In the Beginning how the Heavens and Earth
Rose out of CHAOS: or, if Sion hill--------------------------- choice
Delight thee more, and SILOA'S brook that flowed------- choice
Fast by the Oracle Of God, I thence
Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song,
That with no middle flight intends to soar
Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues
Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer-------- choice
Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure,
Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first

Which phrase is commonly used to integrate, or work in, a quote?

I read where it said . . .

According to . . .

The article said . . .

A quote from the article is . .

Based on your reading of Jennifer Buchet's "Grief Along the Reef,” explain why reefs are in danger of
becoming extinct. Provide evidence from the text to support your answer. (150+ words)