What is the connotative meaning of the word sharp as used in this sentence from "An Hour With Abuelo"? I'm surprised that he's still so sharp, because his body is shrinking like a crumpled-up brown paper sack with some bones in it.
tart
pointy
intelligent
dangerous

I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST ​

Answer:

Intelligent

Explanation:

Your answer is a because if you look in the quotation marks, it says something abt him looking sharp. That mean they are looking good! Therefore your answer is C: Intelligent  

Answer:

i think its intelligent

Explanation:

Try 6-10 I’ll give you brainliest

Help! Brainliest to correct answer! And explain your answer pls!

Is my answer correct, it has to be in past simple tense please help​

excerpt from Chapter XII in The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s best-selling travel book documented his travels across Europe aboard the USS Quaker City in 1867. Chapter 12 records his 500-mile train ride through France.

We are not infatuated with these French railway cars, though. We took first-class passage, not because we wished to attract attention by doing a thing which is uncommon in Europe but because we could make our journey quicker by so doing. It is hard to make railroading pleasant in any country. It is too tedious. Stagecoaching is infinitely more delightful. Once I crossed the plains and deserts and mountains of the West in a stagecoach, from the Missouri line to California, and since then all my pleasure trips must be measured to that rare holiday frolic. Two thousand miles of ceaseless rush and rattle and clatter, by night and by day, and never a weary moment, never a lapse of interest! The first seven hundred miles a level continent, its grassy carpet greener and softer and smoother than any sea and figured with designs fitted to its magnitude—the shadows of the clouds. Here were no scenes but summer scenes, and no disposition inspired by them but to lie at full length on the mail sacks in the grateful breeze and dreamily smoke the pipe of peace—what other, where all was repose and contentment? In cool mornings, before the sun was fairly up, it was worth a lifetime of city toiling and moiling to perch in the foretop with the driver and see the six mustangs scamper under the sharp snapping of the whip that never touched them; to scan the blue distances of a world that knew no lords but us; to cleave the wind with uncovered head and feel the sluggish pulses rousing to the spirit of a speed that pretended to the resistless rush of a typhoon! Then thirteen hundred miles of desert solitudes; of limitless panoramas of bewildering perspective; of mimic cities, of pinnacled cathedrals, of massive fortresses, counterfeited in the eternal rocks and splendid with the crimson and gold of the setting sun; of dizzy altitudes among fog-wreathed peaks and never-melting snows, where thunders and lightnings and tempests warred magnificently at our feet and the storm clouds above swung their shredded banners in our very faces!

But I forgot. I am in elegant France now, and not scurrying through the great South Pass and the Wind River Mountains, among antelopes and buffaloes and painted Indians on the war path. It is not meet that I should make too disparaging comparisons between humdrum travel on a railway and that royal summer flight across a continent in a stagecoach.…

What is the author's purpose for writing this passage?

Question 3 options:

to describe the harshness of the American landscape


to persuade French people to visit America


to compare train travel in France to stagecoach travel in America


to educate readers about the culture and geography of France

Do celebrities have a right to privacy or do they forfeit some of that right by choosing to live in the public eye? 5 paragraph essay one rebuttal paragraph. i am for celebrities having privacy and i think that they deserve to have their privacy. Please finish this by today

Question 1 (1 point)
Read the passage below and then answer the question.

Children should be encouraged to play sports because participation in sports builds important life skills such as leadership, fairness, and teamwork. Sports like soccer require children to work as a team, to practice regularly, and to develop new skills. In soccer, children must also learn plays. When executing these plays, every individual must work together in a specific role; this teaches children how to work together. Since sports are based on competition, participants also learn how to lose gracefully and develop a sense of fair play. Children who participate in sports develop a stronger sense of self-esteem and responsibility than children who favor other activities. Therefore, all parents should enroll their children in some sort of sporting activity as early as possible.

You can evaluate the validity of a writer’s reasoning by identifying the writer’s argument, determining whether the evidence is sufficient and relevant, determining whether the writing used fallacious reasoning, and coming to a conclusion.


Which statement most effectively evaluates the argument in the paragraph?

Question 1 options:

The claims are valid with the exception of the statement “all parents should enroll their students in some sort of sporting activity as early as possible.”


The evidence is irrelevant to the argument that playing sports builds life skills.


"The claims are valid with the exception of the statement, “Sports like soccer require children to work as a team, to practice regularly, and to develop new skills.”

Identify the sentence that follows the rule for items in a series.


A. When his alarm went off, he dragged himself out of bed, found his coffee cup, and managed to make coffee

B. Travor loves to eat grapes, almonds and chocolate.

C. Grant cleaned his room, did his laundry, and mowed the lawn.

D. All of the above

Fifteen by William Stafford

PLEASE HELP!
Describe how the poet uses figurative language throughout the poem.
Support your response with one or two details from the poem.
Write your answer in at least 2-3 sentences.
60 POINTS

Read the excerpt from "The Arming of Patroclus."

So the warriors went to battle in close array, helmet to helmet and shield to shield, close as the stones with which a builder makes a wall.

What is the meaning of the figurative phrase "close as the stones with which a builder makes a wall" as it is used in the text?


The warriors' armor is incapable of being pierced.

The warriors march very closely to one another.

The warriors get very close to their enemy.

The warriors' armor resembles stones.

NEED HELP ASAP!!!
A Speech to the Student Body of Evergreen High

[1] Picture this: It's Spring Break, and you fly off to some country where there's lush rainforests and beautiful, blue coastlines to explore. There's also people in need, so you decide to blend your vacation with volunteering. Volunteering as a tourist, or voluntourism, seems like a great way to explore new regions and help people at the same time. However, this "volunteer plus travel" experience can actually harm local communities. While many teens might view traveling and volunteering abroad as a worthwhile adventure, there are more genuine and effective ways to make a difference.

[2] Most would agree that volunteering in general is a worthy use of time. However, what if you found out the children you are "helping" are actually being kept in poor conditions so voluntourists will spend money to come to the local area? Dale Rolfe, a supporter of ethical voluntourism, explains the shocking reality that "Animal sanctuaries and orphanages are often manufactured for the voluntourist...encouraging a cycle of exploiting the very animals and children the volunteers are trying to help."

[3] Proponents of the "volunteer plus travel" experience also argue that traveling to new places builds character and is a valuable way to learn about different cultures. With voluntourism, however, participants often pursue experiences that are all about them. For example, they sign up to build a school for a gold star on their resume, but they have no real building skills and take jobs away from local construction workers (Schulten). Or, they arrive to teach English but instead take selfies with the locals. One world traveler and ethical voluntourist believes voluntourism "can perpetuate small minded views of the world by taking insulated, fake, and structured experiences and selling them as unabridged and eye opening" (Carlos). The voluntour experience is a mirage. The voluntourist's eyes are not opened to real life at the destination, and lasting change is not achieved.

[4] If you want a genuine experience where you can see a lasting impact, there are better options than voluntourism. You can volunteer in your local community. Give an hour every week to your town's animal rescue. Serve monthly dinners to the homeless. Be a reliable, positive influence on a child who needs a mentor. Studies show that volunteering and forming lasting relationships with those you help has a positive impact on your physical and emotional health. In fact, blood pressure is reduced, memory is improved, and rates of depression are reduced (Michaels).

[5] There is another reason to look into alternatives to voluntourism. Did you know the average "voluntour" travel package costs $3,400 (Rolfe)? Could that travel money be better spent? If the world's citizens are your passion, it could go to an international organization. If you care about education, your funds can be used to buy books for students in faraway lands. If you want villagers to have clean water, contribute funds to local efforts to dig wells. If you want to experience a different culture, travel to the country as a guest, and learn from the locals how you can best help them after you've returned home. But do not voluntour.

[6] In reality, there are better ways to make a difference. Voluntourism might appear to be an adventure that blends travel and helping others, but it does little except provide a costly, superficial experience that might actually do more harm than good. So, volunteer where you are most needed-at home, where you can stay to see the job through and form genuine, lasting relationships. Choose a beautiful coastline closer to home and send the travel money you saved to an international organization that will put it to good use. Whatever you do, don't turn someone else's hardship into your vacation.


Both texts (the speech and the advertisement) address voluntourism. However, each text has a different purpose, which is reflected by the details each writer chose to include. Consider the words and images used.

In a paragraph of 6-8 sentences, identify what each text emphasizes and explain how that emphasis reveals each author's position on voluntourism. Be sure to state each author's position and include evidence from both texts to support your analysis.

how can you deal with a negative change as a student who changed school​

2. Why does the author think that you should read books that are boring?
a. You will eventually grow to love them if you read them enough.
b. You will get better grades in reading class.
c. You will make your teacher very happy.
d. You will learn new words.

How did Ralph Ellison's works relate to important social issues of his time?
a.His characters worked for a total overthrow of their social system.
b.His stories showed that one cannot escape disadvantaged circumstances.
c.He showed the harsh realities of life for African Americans.
d.He wrote about the lack of opportunities for uneducated people.

What effect does the use of the logical fallacy in this paragraph have on the credibility of the author’s argument?
Answer choices for the above question

A. It strengthens the argument because it shows that the author carefully researched the results.

B. It strengthens the argument because it shows that the author has narrowed the potential conclusions.

C. It weakens the argument because it shows that the author may have failed to consider all outcomes.

D. It weakens the argument because it shows that the author has based the argument on an incorrect idea.

List five adjectives and five adverbs. Be sure to label which is which. Think of your own

Read the following excerpt from “Our Schools are a Scandal” by Kyle Crichton:


The teachers reply that they have the most nerve-racking job ever invented, battling as many as forty little demons (it is now said to be sixty in some classrooms) who are either actively sadistic or have adopted a manner of silent resistance that defies a grain for learning to pierce their craniums.


What type of figurative language did the author use to describe students?


hyperbole


simile


personification


metaphor

as the senior prefect of your school you have been invited to tell the parent teacher Association about what the school needs most ​

In the “Excerpt from something fishing is Going On, Everyone!” How do the subheadings contribute to the organization of the article?

What is so serious in the story A Serious Case?
Select one:
a. happiness
b. fear
C. surprise

d. confusion​

I need a paragraph without an education​

Leyla said: "Im reading a good book. " (say) IT IS ABOUT REPORTED SPEECH​

When the men of Odysseus meet the lotus eaters, how do the lotus eaters
react to the men?
A.The lotus eaters fear the men and run away.
B.The lotus eaters trick the men and poison them with Lotus.
C.The lotus eaters show no harm and offer sweet Lotus to the men.
D.The lotus eaters kill and eat the men.

Look at the paragraph that begins on
page 3 and continues on page 4.
Click or tap the sentence on these pages
that MOST reveals the viewpoint that we
can translate the lessons from our Olympic
athletes to our own daily lives.

Mike's sister ____ eat meat. She is vegetarian

Don't - Doesn't

What is the
5. Rising Action:
6. Climax:
7. Falling Action:
8. Resolution:

Which factor is likely to have
contributed the most to the
Romani people's difficulties in
blending with society?

Find the error with subject-verb agreement. Select the incorrect verb and type it correctly. Yosemite Valley's six major waterfalls attracts visitors from around the world Because the waterfalls are fed by snowmelt their intensity varies throughout the year

Copper (__) is an element on the periodic table.
CU (both letters capitalized)
Cu (first letter capitalized)
cU (second letter capitalized)
cu (both letters lowercase)

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP I WILL MARK BRAINLIEST Which evidence best supports the following topic sentence?
Since all the proceeds will go to a charity of the students' choice, a
spring carnival at Jasperville Middle School will also encourage
student involvement in local charity fund-raising.
A. Ronald Lopez, the mayor of Jasperville, supports the school
carnival idea and believes that it will encourage community unity.
B. According to Teen Journal, 75 percent of teens would like to
contribute to local charities but lack knowledge about how to get
involved and raise money.
C. Eight out of 10 local schools have school carnivals each year,
some in the fall semester and others during the spring semester.
D. Raising money for local charities is a noble act, and members of
the community must step up and begin spending their dollars to
help out their neighbors.

Heather wrote this paragraph. Her teacher told her to write a concluding sentence. Which sentence would be the best choice for heather