To Autumn
by John Keats

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.


Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,
Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.


Where are the songs of spring? Ay, Where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

Question 1
Part A

What inference can be drawn from "To Autumn"?


Autumn is a sad season, and the autumn of life is equally sad.

Autumn is a beautiful season, but spring is much preferred.

Autumn is simply a precursor to winter, and the autumn of life is a time of grief.

Autumn is a peaceful and abundant season, full of natural beauty.
Question 2
Part B

Which evidence from the text best supports the answer in Part A?


"Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—"

"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness . . .
Conspiring . . . how to load and bless
With fruit the vines . . .
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core."

"And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook; . . .
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours."

"Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;"

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Answer 1

Answer: Upon reading the text, i would conclude the answer is the the 4th one in part A "Autumn is a peaceful and abundant season, full of natural beauty." it does not have the mentioning's of winter nor spring, and creates a soft gentle image of beauty and peacefulness for the season.

The text to support this from B would be

"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness . . .

Conspiring . . . how to load and bless

With fruit the vines . . .

And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core."


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Answer:

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Answer:

'c' where plates meet other plates

Explanation:

naturally most off the action occure on the edge of the plates and since there is more activity on the edge of the plate , there is a high chance of earthquake, volcano at the place where plates meet.

All west African countries and their capitals​

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Answer:

do you want us to name all afriacan countries and capitals?

Example: (0) to spend
There was a king in China who used ....0.... (spend) hours in his uniform, ....1.... (parade)
before a mirror in his room. He would remain secluded in his palace, admiring himself
while his subjects ....2.... (starve) to death, and his kingdom went to ruin.
One night, a courtier gathered a group of palace ....3... (attend) and, while the king
slept, cut a window on the wall where the king's mirror had hung.
The next morning, when the king dressed himself in his ....4.... (sparkle) medals, he
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procession of his people passing on the street. He saw starving children reaching into
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Answer:

There was a king in China who used to spend hours in his uniform, parading  before a mirror in his room. He would remain secluded in his palace, admiring himself  while his subjects starved to death, and his kingdom went to ruin.  One night, a courtier gathered a group of palace attendants and, while the king  slept, cut a window on the wall where the king's mirror had hung.  The next morning, when the king dressed himself in his sparkly medals, he  walked to where the mirror had been and saw to his amazement the unending  procession of his people passing on the street. He saw starving children reaching into  garbage cans for crusts. He saw sick and maimed men and women.  He tore off his medals,called for simple clothes, and went out to mingle (mingle )  with the people. His whole outlook on life changed when he stopped looking into  mirror at only himself.

Explanation:

0. to spend → completes the meaning of "used", as in the expression "used to do something."

1. parading → needs -ing to indicate it's completing the meaning of the verb "spend", as in "he used to spend hours parading before a mirror."

2. starved → we need the verb to be in the past form here, since the text is narrated in the past.

3. attendants → this sentence refers to the people who worked at the palace, that is, its attendants.

4. sparkly → we need an adjective to modify the noun "medals".

5. amazement → it is a common expression, "to one's amazement".

6. maimed → we need an adjective to modify the nouns "men and women".

7. tore → the verb is conjugated in the past form.

8. to mingle → we need to add "to" before the verb to indicate the king's intention.

Formal Letter writing: Write a letter to your Principal requesting him to organize a trip to a zoo. 200-220 words

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Answer:

Letter writing to the principal requesting him to organize a trip to the zoo.

Explanation:

To,

The Principal

ABC Public School

New Delhi

12 August 2014

Subject: Request for a zoo trip.

Respected Sir,

I, on behalf of the students of our school, would like to put a request that we want you to consider. It's been a year since the last trip and with the academic year coming to an end in some weeks, it would be nice if we could take the school's annual excursion trip now.

Considering the time we have left before the main exams, this seems to be the only free time we would have to relax. And also, this trip will give the students some respite from the stress and busy schedule of school activities. And the students have also been looking forward to the time we could take the trip. This will allow the students to wind down and have time to enjoy themselves before the stress of the exams comes over in a couple of weeks.

And for this year’s trip, we would also like to suggest that we visit the zoo as there are several animals newly brought. It’s been more than 5 years that we have taken a trip to the zoo. Also, many of our students love animals and would like to learn more about them. This will give us a chance to do that while also providing fun-time and learning at the same time.  

It is our utmost request if you could allow us to take that trip.

Thank you.

Respectfully yours,

Sushma Patel

Student Committee

Which sentence is written correctly with a conjunctive adverb?
Select one:
I really wanted the red one; however I bought the blue one.
I really wanted the red one, I bought the blue one.
I really wanted the red one, I bought blue.

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Answer:

A?

Explanation:

Bernard is _____ to headaches. Whatever he has to study, his head starts to pound A. perceptive B. suceptible C. profound D infinite​

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susceptible, it means vulnerable to smth

Correct answer is letter B. Susceptible, it means easily influenced or sensitive

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Do you think that how you act/present yourself on social media/online is different than in person? Why do you think that is? ( In Paragraph Form )

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Answer:

Yes, how I act on social media is not how I am in person. Even though I try as much as possible to present the true picture of who I am on social media, I sometimes realize that only the good and glamorous part of me is presented to the world. I hide my faults from my friends and post nothing about them. This is deceptive as there is no person whose life is all glamorous. People who are easily carried away by all the show off can become depressed as a result of that.

Explanation:

This question requires that the reader should examine his activities on social media to find out if these activities are true representations of their offline activities.

A close examination of my activities on social media shows a presentation of only the good and exciting aspects of my life. My imperfections are hidden from the world. This is not a balanced representation of my personality and it is somewhat deceptive.

What does it mean impression??

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Answer:

An idea, feeling or option about something or someone especially one form without conscious thoughts or on basis of little evidence

Answer:

It's an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence or an imitation of a person or thing, especially one done to entertain.

Explanation:

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Fix the one word that is used incorrectly.
In the passed we've always stopped at Niagara Falls on our way to Aunt Nancy's house but this year we won't have time

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The word passed is wrong it should be past

explain the use of NBT​

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Answer:

The National Benchmark Tests (NBTs) are assessments for first-year applicants into higher education institutions. The NBTs were designed to measure a writer's ability to transfer understanding of Academic Literacy, Quantitative Literacy and Mathematics to the demands of tertiary coursework.

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Do you have the ending from each word. Write the root word.
Swimming______
Renter_____
Dishes _____

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Answer:

1, swim

2,rentee

3,plate

Need help please...It's urgent....what is the main problem of the story.......Identify theme in stories.

What Do You Do With A Lost Unicorn? Written by Katie Thompson-Chapter 3

By the time we have managed to pull the now snoring unicorn out onto the driveway, the color in Joe’s face completely gone. “How…Where…Did this thing come from?” he asks, panting.
“What, afraid it’s real after all?” I ask.
He looks up at me and offers a half-smile. “Who wants unicorns to be real if they look like that?”
I hide a laugh. “Well…Now we just have to figure out how to wake it up.” I poke it a few times with my foot, trying to keep some distance. It just keeps snoring.
Joe shrugs and bends down next to its ugly face and starts jiggling its shoulder, like he’s trying to wake up a very old uncle.
Suddenly its eyes open wide, and with an unbelievable grace, it stands upright. Joe jumps away to give it space, and I just keep staring at it. It walks over to the desert-style landscaping of my neighbor’s side yard and being perusing for its breakfast.
“That thing’s a lot more agile than I imagined it would be,” Joe says. We both stare at it as it saunters around, pulling up the grassy weeds from between the rock mulch. “So…that’s a unicorn.”
I look up at Joe and he's got this silly grin on his face. It's just so 'Joe' that I giggle. “Do you believe that's what it is yet?” I ask.
“I could if I wanted to,” he replied.
I looked up at him, questioning.
“That thing,” he points to the unicorn. “I could believe it was if I wanted to.”
The unicorn seems to have decided that it isn’t going to find anything worth eating here and starts to walk down the sloping back yard to the next street. It looks almost like it belongs there, like a stray deer who often grazes around this part of town when no person is awake or watching. When it disappears from our sight, I feel like a ton of responsibility has been lifted from me.
The whole morning seems almost trivial. “Well,” I say, “I guess that is that?”
Joe shrugs, checks his watch, and motions toward the bus stop. “We should get going,” he says. I grab my bag, and we walk down the driveway.
“I don't know if that thing was a unicorn or not,” he says, looking up into the sky like he might see a dragon flying around to confirm my claim. “But I'm glad you called me this morning.”
“Sorry I was…not very nice,” I say, hesitating.
He laughs a little but keeps looking around. Then with a huge gulp of air, “Do you believe we could be friends again? Like, real friends again? Because I gotta say, I really do miss you, Anna.”
I smile, remembering what he said earlier and reply, “I believe we could if we wanted to.”
This time he looks over at me. “…And?”
“And I really hope we want to.”

What is the main problem in this chapter of the story?

a) Joe is completely uninterested in being friends with Anna again, but won't say why.
b) When Joe asks Anna to be his friend, she becomes even more uncomfortable and says no.
c) Even though she feels a little better, Anna still isn't sure what Joe is thinking about their friendship.
d) The sleeping unicorn is very angry when it wakes up, and it starts ruining the neighbor's yard.

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Answer:

C

Explanation:

A and B do not reflect the story's events, while D is unrelated to the theme.

Which excerpt from Kurt Vonnegut's "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" is an example of irony?

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The part where he dies

Drag each tile to the correct box
Determine the reason that each source is unreliable.
a general report on raising children that is not
supported by data
→ faulty reasoning
an article talking only about the benefits of a
vegan diet and not potential drawbacks
omission
a review about a company by an employee that
was fired from the company
bias
Next

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Answer:

1. A general report on raising children that is not  supported by data  → Faulty reasoning

Faulty reasoning in research refers to a scenario where the conclusion reached by a research is not supported by data which is the case in this scenario so it falls under Faulty reasoning.

2. An article talking only about the benefits of a  vegan diet and not potential drawbacks  → Omission.

In research, omission happens when important information is left out. It is usually done deliberately especially in situations where a certain narrative is being pushed so as to support that narrative.

3. A review about a company by an employee that  was fired from the company  → Bias

Bias has many forms but in this case means that the person interviewed might give a wrong impression of the company in order to spite them or get some sort of revenge for the company having fired them.

Answer:

Plato

Explanation:

Identify the counter position to this argument. School days should start later so students are more alert in school. Students are only getting six to seven hours sleep a night when they should be getting nine to ten hours. Students who drive to school would be more alert, thus cutting down on accidents. Students would not be able to work in after-school jobs if schools had a later start time.

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okay so i just now got done with this test and heres the answer. sorry people that the other person is weird-

Answer:

Students would not be able to work in after-school jobs if schools had a later start time.

what is the central idea of THE CONCUSSION GENDER GAP: WHY GIRLS SUFFER MORE HEAD INJURIES

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Answer:

They explore

Explanation:

Need help please, it urgent.
Which event introduces the solution in this passage?

Tamica stood gasping at the window next to the gate, watching her plane taxi down the runway. It gained speed, its nose tilted skyward, and then it left the ground behind, tucking up its now-unneeded wheels as it soared toward the United States. This was not only Tamica's plane, it was also the night's last plane from London to the United States.
Tamica sat down right where she was to think. Her semester in the small English town of Sheffield was over, and she was supposed to be flying home right now. She'd moved out of the flat she'd shared with other students and all of her belongings were now airborne. She was faced with a long night in the airport or a night in the unfamiliar city of London.
"Mom, what am I going to do?" Tamica groaned on the phone.
"Tamica, I have a friend who lives near Heathrow Airport in London. I'll call her and try to have her come get you. Does that sound alright?"
"Yes, thank you!" Tamica exclaimed.
Outside the airport, Tamica sat down once again, still without luggage, but with a calmer mind. Home would have to wait until tomorrow.

Tamica spending a semester abroad in England
Tamica waiting outside for her ride
Tamica's phone call with her mom
Tamica missing her flight

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Answer:

C). Tamica's phone call with her mom.

Explanation:

As per the question, the event leading to a solution in the passage was 'Tamica's phone call with her mother.' Before the call, she was extremely tensed after missing her plane to the United States which was also the last plane for that night. She didn't know what to do as she had already left the place where she lived with other students and the city was not known to her. She was left clueless about how to spend the long night at the Heathrow airport but after the call, she gets to way to get out of this problem as one of her mom's friend live near the airport. Thus, this event brings a solution to her problem and hence, option C is the correct answer.

2. Which of the following is the best way to avoid plagiarism?
A. Paraphrase someone else's paragraphs.
O B. Start from scratch, using your own ideas and your own wording.
C. Look on the internet for similar examples to your writing assignment.
O D. Use someone else's ideas but change the wording to make it your own.

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I’m pretty sure it’s A!

Paraphrasing someone else's paragraphs following is the best way to avoid plagiarism. The correct option is A.

Why should we avoid plagiarism?

Plagiarism is a violation of academic integrity and is considered a poor scholarship. Whether plagiarism was intentional or not, it can still have a negative impact on a person's future career. The student or researcher is the one who has the responsibility of avoiding plagiarism.

Another effective strategy for avoiding plagiarism in your writing is to use quotations. Essentially, the definition of plagiarism is the use of another person's work without giving appropriate credit. That basically means that it won't be considered plagiarism any longer if the original source or author is properly credited.

Thus, the ideal selection is option A.

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How does one write an attributive tag

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An attributive tag, also known as a signal phrase, is used to smoothly incorporate source material into an essay. The attributive tag should include the author's name and article title—sometimes the article title may be omitted if it is making the prose too clunky or repetitive.
An attributive tag, also known as a signal phrase, is used to smoothly incorporate source material into an essay. The attributive tag should include the author's name and article title—sometimes the article title may be omitted if it is making the prose too clunky or repetitive.

What is the attitude and emotion shown by the Priest in the chinesse folktales the "Wonderful Pear tree?​

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Answer:

The Priest showed an anxious, miserable, and foreboding attitude/emotion.

Explanation:

The Priest in the Chinese folktale displayed an anxious and miserable attitude. He was anxious in the sense that he eagerly anticipated the help from the countryman when he begged him for a pear. He was also miserable in the sense that he was unhappy when the countryman refused to grant him the single pear that he begged for.

His attitude was also foreboding of danger because his actions when he was not granted the request meant danger for the countryman. At the end he lost his barrow filled with pear.

Which of these features could apply to the word "Love"?نقطة واحدة
a. [+ MALE]
b. [‒ ANIMATE]
c. [+ ABSTRACT]
d. [– COMMON]
e. All of the above

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(c) Abstract is the correct feature that could be applied to the word Love

2. According to Father Hooper's explanation at the end of The Minister's Black Veil,* what point is he trying to make by wearing the veil for most of his life?
© He means to show that everyone, not just he, has experienced sin and sorrow and should therefore try not to hide from others or from God
O He has not wanted to damage the reputation of the church and of his ministry by revealing the temrible thing he has done before he entered the ministry.
O He has always meant the veil to be showpiece for his ministry that would get people talking about his sermons and increase church attendance.
O Though he has always been considered a good preacher, his sermons are mild, not powerful, so he has put
the veil when he preaches in order to instill the fear of Godi
Isteners

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Answer:

O He means to show that everyone, not just he, has experienced sin and sorrow and should therefore try not to hide from others or from God.

Explanation:

Nathan iel Ha wtho rne's "The Minister's Bla ck Ve il" revolves around the story of a church priest who had a black ve il on his face no matter what. This black ve il would stay on him, unremoved, till his death.

De s pite many que sti ons and req u ests from E li z a beth, his girl friend, Fat her H oop er refused to let the ve il go n or would he all ow her to have a pe ek at his face once. Towards the end of the story, at his de at h bed, the dying H o oper refused to let the v eil go des pite the mi ni st er from West bury asking "Are you ready for the lif tin g of the v e il that sh u ts in ti me fr om et er ni ty?" Father H ooper instead told him that, like others use various means to hide their trans gress ions and sins, his v eil is taken as a means to hide sins. And in that discourse, he expressed his belief that everyone hides their s ins but that should not be how it should be. The si ns and sorrows should not be hidden from God and from others.

Thus, the correct answer is the first option.

Which sentence most clearly describes the diction and syntax of a work of
literature?
A. Steinbeck repeats the word ground when describing the farmers.
B. Dickens, through the narrator, describes the actors with sarcasm.
C. Austen describes the events with an air of intellectual
detachment
O D. A tone of enthusiasm is present throughout Kerouac's novel.

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Answer:

C. Austen describes the events with an air of intellectual detachment

Explanation:

hope it's help.

The sentence that most clearly describes the diction and syntax of a work of literature is C. Austen describes the events with an air of intellectual detachment.

What is diction ?

Diction refers to the choice of words and the style of writing used by the author, while syntax refers to the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

In option A, the focus is on the repetition of a word, which is an element of diction but not necessarily syntax.In option B, the focus is on the use of sarcasm, which is an element of diction but not necessarily syntax.

In option D, the focus is on the tone of the novel, which is an element of diction but not necessarily syntax.

Option C, on the other hand, focuses on the style and structure of Austen's writing, which encompasses both diction and syntax.

Therefore,  phrase "air of intellectual detachment" suggests a particular choice of words and sentence structure that convey a sense of objectivity and distance, which are both aspects of syntax and diction.

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10. What is the best way to show readers how an oil well works?

1.- a photograph
2.-a time line
3.-a diagram

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Your answer is c bro

Answer:

A diagram

Explanation:

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