We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour. If we refused, or rather used up, such paltry information as we get, the oracles would distinctly inform us how this might be done.
(2) I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion. For most men, it appears to me, are in a strange uncertainty about it, whether it is of the devil or of God, and have somewhat hastily concluded that it is the chief end of man here to "glorify God and enjoy him forever."
(3) Still we live meanly, like ants; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men; like pygmies we fight with cranes;1 it is error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable wretchedness. Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds. Simplify, simplify. Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one; instead of a hundred dishes, five; and reduce other things in proportion. . . .
(from Walden; or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau)
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1 a reference to Classical mythology and the Iliad where a race of dwarfs were in constant war with cranes
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Select the correct answer.
According to the structure of the second sentence of paragraph 2 ("I did not . . . quite necessary"), the word "resignation" is parallel to
A.
"necessary."
B.
"living is so dear."
C.
"unless it was quite necessary."
D.
"what was not life."

Answer:

a

Explanation:

If every ____ were perfect we wouldn't have ____.
HINT: Cookie Cats

According to the presentation, which of the following is the healthiest way to respond to peer pressure?

A. assertive behavior
B. aggressive behavior
C. active behavior
D. passive behavior

Which phrase best characterizes the somber mood of the excerpt

Rewrite the sentence using a possessive noun.

2. Eli has an older brother who is in eighth grade.

3.the project of the class was to write a new report about insects

How is violence presented in romeo and Juliet​

Refer to your Expeditions in Reading book for a complete version of this text.


Part A


How does the author of "Solar Power for Public Buildings" conclude that solar power is less harmful to people than more common energy sources?



The author shows that solar power is less expensive to produce than energy generated from fossil fuels.


The author describes the effects of using fossil fuels and explains how solar will reduce these effects.


The author appeals to Californians' sense of pride and desire to do what is right by choosing solar.


The author includes quotes from experts about the need for alternative energy sources like solar power.

1. PART A: Which statement identifies the central idea of the letter? A Harriet Tubman contributed to the abolitionist movement in mostly unknown, unrecognized ways. OB Frederick Douglass is upset that not more people know about Harriet Tubman's contributions to the abolitionist movement. 5 C The accomplishments that go unknown are more important than those recognized and appreciated by the public. D The sacrifices that Harriet Tubman made for the abolitionist movement can be rivaled by no one.​

AGREE or DISAGREE and Explain "The art of reading and studying consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting what is not
essential

Select the correct answer.
What does Shakespeare emphasize about Julius Caesar in the passage?
A.
that he was a friend
B.
that he was fortunate
C.
that he was Roman
D.
that he was ambitious

"Fishbone: Ilish" and "Palm Sunday" where were written by poets from very different cultures. what common ground do both poems explore?

A. the role of food in celebrating a cultural tradition
B. the lingering influence of ancestors on a family
C. the relationship between religion and food
D. the pain of coping with the loss of a grandparent

Choose the word that has the same meaning as appoint
Word in Passage Meaning of Word
appoints
chooses
knows

ILL MARK BRAINLIEST i need help please The visualization journal focuses on imagining your past.
True False
Visualization allows you to dream about yourself as you grow.
True False​

Read this stanza from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe.

But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”

How does the symbol of the raven in these lines reflect the meaning of the poem?

It suggests the sorrow and finality of death.

It shows that death conquers love.

It hints that true love can never really die.

It provides hope that there is an afterlife.

When making connections across two texts, you should look for ___, the
supporting details, the author's purpose, and whatever they have in common.
O A. the author's voice
B. the main idea
O C. the organization
O D. the author's point of view

help this is a question from where the red fern grows The narrator helps the old redbone hound. Have you or anyone in your family ever helped a stray animal? If so, when and why?

Based on the way the Keep Calm motto continues to be

received by the public, the reader can conclude that

the motto has a -

O A. strong ability to encourage people with its

optimistic message

O

B. historical significance that people appreciate

C. serious quality that people find comforting

O D. unique ability to unite different generations

mariel(drink)______her milk before going to bed​

Which of these sentences, from "The Tell-Tale Heart", does NOT show that the narrator feels his crime will not be discovered?
A. When I had made an end of these labors, it was four o'clock - still dark as midnight.
B. I went down to open it with a light heart, - for what had I now to fear?
C. I smiled, - for what had I to fear?
D. I bade them search - search well.

Please Help me Which of these words would be good to describe a "cool walk"?
O A. Limp
B. Stride
O C. March
D. Strut

PLEASE HELP WITH THIS TEST
BOTTOM: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: and yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days; the more the pity that some honest neighbors will not make them friends. Nay, I can gleek upon occasion.

Which theme does the previous quote illustrate?
Question 15 options:


Dreams and imagination are just as important as reason


Often a huge gap exists between perception and reality.


Love is a battle to be won.


Love can cause irrational and destructive behavior.

Using Details from the text, describe the image that
was painted in your mind while reading chapter one of
Deep Water. Use evidence from the text to support
your description

Spell the word correctly

What is the role that parents and childhood have in creating a serial killer in the future?

Read the sentence below! I need help ASAP! BRAINLIST AND POINTS!

Which of these lines contains a simile? (10 points)

Group of answer choices

She spoke to the tree, admonishing its impudent, craggy boughs.

She was transformed into a reptile-one of particularly repulsive appearance.

Her eyes darted between the two of us like sparrows between trees.

Her skin was coffee, hot and dark, and she moved in my thoughts.

Write on at least four of the following prompts. (10 points each)
1. How is a character in your book similar to a character in another book,
story, or movie?
2. What does this book remind you of in your own life?
3. What does this book make you wonder about in life?
4. What do you think of a particular character’s actions? Was he/she
right or wrong in acting that way?
5. What advice would you give to a particular character?
6. Make up a motto that one of the characters seems to live by. How and
why does it fit that character?
7. What in the book upsets you or bothers you? Explain.

Book King of the wind
If you read this book please please help me write at least one of the prompts. If you will I will give you brainliest

While sorting donated clothes, you notice that 4 out of 50 shirts have stains. Write "4 out of 50" as a fraction, a decimal, and a percent.

HELP ME PLEASE
which answer is the best example of imagery from crane's "A Great Mistake"?
A. elevated trains thundered to the station and the stairway poured people upon the side walks.
B. an italian kept a fruit stand on a corner.
C. the babe came often to this corner.

active voice and passive voice..plz help me in the answers ☹​

Which evidence from the article BEST supports the conclusion that noise pollution has increased at national parks?​