Why is it important to defend human rights?

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Explanation:

Human rights ensure people have basic needs met. Everyone needs access to medicine, food and water, clothes, and shelter. By including these in a person’s basic human rights, everyone has a baseline level of dignity. Unfortunately, there are still millions of people out there who don’t have these necessities, but saying it’s a matter of human rights allows activists and others to work towards getting those for everyone. The concept of human rights allows people to speak up when they experience abuse and corruption. This is why specific rights like the right to assemble are so crucial because no society is perfect. The concept of human rights empowers people and tells them that they deserve dignity from society, whether it’s the government or their work environment. When they don’t receive it, they can stand up.

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Read the novel excerpt.

Superhero 101: A Family Secret

Trace knew he would have to try to explain to his grandmother why he had missed her birthday party. He was dreading the conversation and the lie that he would inevitably have to tell. He thought telling her the truth would only open a Pandora’s box. He rang the doorbell, and his grandmother answered right away, like she had been waiting for him. He had called and told her he would try to come by sometime that day, but he had not given her a precise time.

She greeted him warmly, and he followed her into the kitchen where she had her customary jar of fresh-baked cookies ready for his indulgence. His grandmother was endearingly predictable. She had a daily routine and rarely deviated from it. Trace thought that given her lifestyle and penchant for routine and order, there was no way she would ever understand his life as Beetleman. He hated that he had no choice but to lie to his grandmother, whom he loved so much.

They sat at the kitchen table. His grandmother poured him an ice-cold glass of milk and filled a plate with her delicious chocolate chip cookies. Before he had a chance to apologize, his grandmother spoke. “Trace, I’m glad you called and came by today. I know you’re upset about missing my birthday party, but before you say anything about it, there is something I want to show you,” she said.

She went to a drawer and retrieved what appeared to be a large bracelet cuff made of silver. She handed it to Trace. He looked at it carefully. His grandmother moved his hands and pointed to something inscribed on the inside of the bracelet. “Look at this. It's what I wanted you to see,” she said as Trace read the words “Family First.” His heart sank when he read those words and recounted all the times that he had to sacrifice time with his family for his secret life.

His grandmother noticed his dejected expression. “Trace, I didn’t show you this to make you feel bad about your choices. I know that they aren’t always yours to make. This cuff belonged to your grandfather. He had those words inscribed because they are what kept him going and allowed him to make those same tough choices.”

Trace stared at this grandmother. What was she saying? His grandfather was a superhero too?

She continued, “Your grandfather loved helping people, just like you do. That’s where you got your gift—from him. Many times he had to miss family parties and outings because of his calling. But I always knew he did it for us—family first.”

Trace was astounded. He’d had no idea that his grandfather was a superhero; now he realized that he no longer had to lie to his grandmother. His parents had died when he was very young, and his grandparents had raised him. He recalled his grandfather missing his 10th birthday party and how upset and angry he had been at his grandfather. He had cried himself to sleep that night, wrongly thinking that he was not important to his grandfather.

Trace looked at the bracelet carefully, realizing that to him, it was as precious as the Hope diamond. He glanced up at his grandmother.

“His love for his family was his kryptonite,” his grandmother continued. “The only time he was weak was when you or I were in danger. He couldn’t bear the thought of anything happening to us after what happened to your parents.”
Question 1
Part A

What is an allusion in "Superhero 101: A Family Secret"?


the scene in which Trace's grandmother notices he is sad

the reference to the motto "Family First"

the reference to the grandfather's love and kryptonite

the scene in which Trace cries himself to sleep
Question 2
Part B

How does the allusion in Part A affect the meaning of the story?


It reminds readers that family is the most important thing..

It discloses to readers that Trace’s parents died mysteriously.

It shows readers that Trace is not a person of integrity and honesty.

It reveals to readers Trace’s grandfather’s biggest weakness.

One type of external conflict in The Diary of a Young Girl is caused by the anti-Semitic world in which Anne Frank lived which led to Hitler's repressive Nazi regime. What is this type of conflict called?

Read this passage from Dragonwings by Laurence Yep.

I had been in the demon land for only ten months, so it would have been about January of the demons' year 1904, when we met Mr. Alger. I remember it was a gray, wintry day. We were making the rounds when we saw one of the horseless carriages stranded by the sidewalk and a demon in a big overcoat standing beside it. His driving cap was pushed back, and he was scratching his forehead in a puzzled way. The metal hood on the front of the horseless had been folded back on top so you could see into its innards.

How does the description of the day as gray and wintry emphasize the narrator’s feelings about life in the new country

The day is cold and uninviting, like the people and their cities.
The color of the day is the same as that of the car’s machinery.
The winter day gives promise of a new beginning in the future.
The cloudy day reflects the narrator’s negative thoughts.

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Which detail from the Newsela article “Mistaken Text Leads to Fundraiser,”develops the idea that Clayten is a generous person?

"Clayten looked at the text, shocked for a minute. Then he thought of his own healthy teenage son."

"Once Fink was given the OK for Clayten to help, he set up a fundraiser on his Face.book page for Noah."

"That is welcome news to Clayten, who now hopes to meet the Jakeman family and Fink once Noah is home from the hospital."

"But it's a lesson that I hope my own son, Maxwell, will take with him in life."

Why would a pioneer traveler record events in a journal?

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I decided to travel the world like the famous writers of the Beat Generation. Booking passage on a tramp freighter was no difficulty. Working as a galley cook was terrible, however. The first magical view of Bangkok made the journey worthwhile.
Read the following dictionary entry.

pas•sage

1. a corridor or lobby giving access to the different rooms or parts of a building. 2. a specific act of traveling 3. a continuous movement or flow 4. a usually brief portion of a written work or speech

Which definition best matches the use of the word passage in this paragraph?
A.
definition 1
B.
definition 4
C.
definition 3
D.
definition 2

Is this noun concrete or abstract?

Feet

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.
stanza, alliteration, end rhyme, personification, metaphor, simile, idiom, onomonapetia, hyperbole, meter, internal rhyme, and rhyme scheme.
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what did y'all ask your parents for them to say yes too go back too school?
I really want to go but they say no and i really want to go!

Peter Parker picked a particularly palatable pear.

a alliteration
b assonance

Select the correct text in the passage.
Which three lines in the speech "Blood, Toll, Tears, and Sweat" demonstrate Winston Churchill's prediction of how war will impact Great Britain's
future?
I hope that any of my friends and colleagues, or former colleagues, who are affected by the political reconstruction, will make all allowances for
any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act. I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined the government"
have nothing to offer but blood, toll, tears and sweat."
We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what
is our policy? I will say, it is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war
against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our
aim? I can answer in one word: victory. Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for
without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realised, no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood
for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal
But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fall among men

Which is an important idea from this passage?
A. The farmer women bought dishes and kitchenware from Mrs. Brandeis.
B. Mrs. Brandeis was a shrewd business women.
C. Pearl and Sadie helped Mrs. Brandeis weave the Battenberg lace.

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What is the most effective transition to use between these two sentences?

For example

However

In other words

Similarly

"Raven Gives the World Light" and "Raven Has a feast" are Native American folktales that people told to explain how things in nature came to be. Compare and contrast the central message in each story, What do the messages help the reader understand? In what ways does the character of Raven help reveal each message? Why is he important in both stories?

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Don’t get confused! The terms immigrant and emigrant can refer to the same person. An easy way to remember it is to look at the first letters of the words. An emigrant exits and an immigrant moves into. If a German woman left her home in Berlin, she emigrated from Germany. If she settled in London, she immigrated to England. A migrant is a person who moves but might not be planning a permanent relocation.

Chani left Israel and moved to France when she was 18. Chani is an

A. emigrant from Israel and an immigrant to France.
B. immigrant to Israel and an emigrant from France.
C. immigrant to Israel and France.
D. emigrant from Israel and France.

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Read the paragraph from "Mistaken Text Leads to Fundraiser."

In just a few days, more than $1,500 was raised by his friends and acquaintances, along with dozens of stuffed animals, cards and picture books. Several businesses and charities also donated, including the Armer Foundation for Kids, a group that helps ease the financial burdens of families with children who have serious medical conditions.


How does the paragraph fit into the overall structure of the text?

It describes the results of Clayten's fundraising efforts,
It compares Clayten's fundraising to the Armer Foundation's work.
It lists Noah's favorite things using order of importance.
It describes how Clayten found so many people to contribute to Noah's care.

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“Sometimes at night I can feel them, the pictures, like ants, crawling on my skin” is an example of what figurative language?

Tarshis explains that she wanted her story to give readers a sense of what it was like to live in 1925 (1:10). Did she succeed? Explain.
(Article:The Tornado that Changed America)

Can you summarize this?

I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless.

a alliteration
b assonance

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3. Beauty calls and gives no warning,
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification

which prompt would be best addressed with a chronological structure

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