What is the best objective summary of the passage "Oblomov" by Ivan Goncharov?
A.
Although Oblomov has nothing to do, he decides that pursuing a project is not worthwhile. He continues being a loafer.
B.
A man with nothing to do tries to come up with something to do in his life. He is unused to effort and does not succeed.
C.
A man named Oblomov provides a picture of an idle and lazy gentleman. His soul seems vacant.
D.
A young man spends most of his days doing nothing. He does not exercise his mind or his body.

Read the following excerpt from an argumentative essay. Answer the question that follows:
Critics might say that smartphones in the classroom cause too many distractions. A 2009 article in Education Magazine made just such a claim. Although cell phones can certainly cause distractions, current research suggests that teachers and students are putting phones to better use. A 2013 Educator Insider poll reveals that 67% of high school instructors now encourage students to use phones in the classroom setting. Students without phones are actually at a disadvantage in the classroom. The poll lists Internet access, spell checks, and collaboration as three key uses of smart phones in an educational setting.

How does the author handle the counterclaim?

a
The author chooses to concede the point and offers no rebuttal.
b
The author offers an opinion discounting the counterclaim.
c
The author ignores the counterclaim and avoids responding.
d
The author supplies a rebuttal that quotes more current research.

Rebecca would like to add a direct quotation about voting to her narrative. Which is the BEST choice to include?
A) "The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office." - Will Rogers
B) "Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong." - Richard Armour
C) "Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. " - George Bernard Shaw
D) "The act of voting is one opportunity for us to remember that our whole way of life is predicated on the capacity of ordinary people to judge carefully and well." -Alan Keyes
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Subconscious Means of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one's actions and feelings Like a dream. What is something that you do or did in your subconscious, that you would not normally do in your conscious mind?

True or False: There is one simple rule for putting irregular verbs into the past tense.

Read the passage.

We ran through our circle of friends, trying to think of a single person who would fit in well with our "family."

Which identifies the meaning of the term ran?

series of 4 radio buttons

moving more quickly than walking


to cast in a mold


to cause to p3n3trate


browsed

find the riddle why (IM) did (B) the (O) chicken (R) cross (E) the (D) road?

also there's a riddle and a hidden message and i'm bo red so share some embarassing stories that have happened to you to

what is the word abduct

10.03 Text Features: Patriots and Loyalists

Which citation is correctly formatted for use on a Works Cited page that follows MLA guidelines?


Penguin Books: Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2013.

Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Penguin Books, 2013.

Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Penguin Books, 2013.

Doris Kearns Goodwin. Penguin Books, 2013: Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.

Which option is the best example of a text with an agenda?


A.
A flyer that describes the state of the abandoned glass factory at the center of town before asking for donations to help make it a landmark

B.
A label that lists all the nutritional information in a can of baked beans, including added sugars, total carbohydrates, protein, and fiber

C.
An article that gives a step-by-step account of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, which was about the teaching of evolution in public schools

D.
A book of word puzzles that gets harder and harder as the reader makes progress, ending with a puzzle that no one has ever solved

What is the best advice to give to a writer who is still learning the English​ language?

A.
Choose a quiet space to create your personal writing ritual.

C.
Use a​ computer's spelling and grammar checker to point out errors in your writing.
D.
Add poems and pictures to your writing journal for inspiration.

A group of women wanted to stop buying things from England.

Read the revised sentence: The Daughters of Liberty decided to boycott products such as tea from England.

Why did the writer revise the sentence in this way?

To make the sentence longer
To include a transition word
To add specific factual details
To put ideas in a logical order

1. What is the main idea of these two sentences?

Many flowers are what we call annuals, their entire life cycle — from seed to death — takes just one year. They might leave behind sleeping seeds that could sprout again in the future, but the flowers, roots, stems and leaves all fade away as soon as the season is done.

WRONG: Scientists think annuals are the first type of plant that existed.

Annuals only live for one year and will not return.

Plants have flowers, root systems, stems, and leaves.

WRONG: The life cycle of a plant is seed to death




2. When are sentence fragments used in stage directions?

when the play is written for a very young audience

when they appear between a character’s name and the character’s line

WRONG: when the cast of characters includes just two characters

when the action is more physical than mental

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According to MLA, which is the correct format for listing the book The Call of the Wild in a bibliography?

O London, Jack. Call of the Wild Information, 1 Aug. 2005, callofthewildinformation.org.

O London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1985.

O London, Jack. "The Call of the Wild." Wall Street Journal, 1 Aug. 2005.

O London. Jack. "The Call of the Wild." Time, 1 Aug. 2005, p. 23.​

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Rewrite the following sentence and add commas in the appropriate places!


The first time I visited my dream college I could not believe that the teachers students and parents all came together for the Homecoming football game every year.

Read the excerpt from "How I Learned English.”

So it was not impossible that I,
Banished to the outfield and daydreaming
Of water, or a hotel in the mountains,
Would suddenly find myself in the path
Of a ball stung by Joe Barone.
I watched it closing in
Clean and untouched, transfixed
By its easy arc before it hit
My forehead with a thud.

How is this excerpt important to the poem as a whole?

It introduces the problem the speaker has playing his baseball position.
It shows why the speaker does not like playing baseball.
It shows how the speaker’s feelings about himself begin to change.
It develops the idea that the speaker feels like an outsider with the other boys.

Read

Isabel's eyes got bigger and she looked worried. "Esperanza, when I go to school next week, you will be here alone with the babies and will have to do the laundry."

Esperanza took a deep breath and said weakly, "I can learn."




How is Esperanza changing, based on this passage?

0 She is now afraid that Isabel will not like her if she cannot learn to do laundry.

0 She has given up on learning something new.

0 She is no longer interested in being friends with Isabel.

0 She now knows that she has a lot to learn about chores.

Please give me one random rap verse that makes sense, continue it, I will start it off.

Make ah hater pull they hat down…


……………………………………

please help with english ixl! its ninth grade and im only in 7th I have to finish it by tomorrow for class

What does the phrase "in spite of" refer to?

Question 1 options:

the beauty of nature


the ability to remain positive


the effects of war


the human spirit

Question 2 (1 point)
What does the author want to praise?

Question 2 options:

the beauty and wonder of nature


the courage of plants


the despair of war


the end of war

Question 3 (1 point)
What does the speaker mean by "a glory liveth through despair"?

Question 3 options:

that war helps people achieve glory


that life goes on even when bad things happen


that people become more glorious through hardship


that despair can make people stronger

Question 4 (1 point)
What happens when "morning's altar whitely burns"?

Question 4 options:

The sun rises.


The sun shines brightly.


Flowers begin to grow.


The speaker wakes up.

Question 5 (1 point)
What does the whispering breath tell the speaker to do?

Question 5 options:

end the war and hate


see that life is full of great joy


rejoice


have courage

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How does the section “Beyond greenhouse gases” contribute to the development of ideas in the text (Paragraphs 17-23)?

Read the first stanza of “The Tiger” by William Blake. What is the syllable count of each of the four lines in the excerpt?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

A.

7-7-7-8

B.

7-8-6-7

C.

7-8-7-8

D.

7-6-7-6

Could you give major reasons why smoking should be illegal in public places and give smaller facts to support it (I only need one major reason and 3 smaller facts to back it up)

6) What is the BEST way to summarize the details of the passage?
A) Only those who are interested in politics should vote.
B) Many first-time voters are uninformed and uninterested in politics.
C) Voting is a privilege and comes with responsibility in making a well-informed decision.
D) Voters should carefully investigate candidates prior to voting by asking their family members.

It was our second president John Adam's who first inhabit the house in 1798.

In Sentence, how should president John Adams be correctly written?

O president John Adams,

O president, John Adams,

O president, John Adams

Opresident John ,Adams​

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Is the following opinion piece based on an objective opinion or a biased opinion?EXPLAIN

A band student has written an opinion piece arguing that all extracurricular activities should be required to hold fundraisers to pay for their activities.

What happens when "morning's altar whitely burns"?

Question 4 options:

The sun rises.


The sun shines brightly.


Flowers begin to grow.


The speaker wakes up.