According to the “rare Earth hypothesis,” the conditions that support life on Earth are unique, and the odds of similar conditions being found on another planet are close to zero. In contrast, the “mediocrity principle” holds that our planet, solar system, and galaxy are utterly ordinary, making it likely that life is common elsewhere.

Which is the most effective topic sentence for the paragraph?

The most effective topic sentence for the paragraph is "There are two opposing viewpoints on the possibility of life existing on other planets."

The context of this excerpt illustrates the conditions that support life on Earth which are found nowhere else. It also depicts an understanding of the mediocrity principle. Overall, it describes the two opposing viewpoints on the possibility of life existing on other planets.

The complete question is as follows:

Therefore, the correct option for this question is C.

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which two items have had the greatest influence on your life? ​

Analyze The protagonists, or main character, is never named, but his reality and ongoing dream make up the parallel plots of the story. How does the readers perception of the protagonist change throughout the story? Cite text evidence to support your ideas.

The Works Cited page should

which element of plot does this excerpt from the monkey paw

The mice must serve and obey the Woodman in The Wizard of Oz. When asked what they could do for him, what is the Woodman's response?
A. Yes, they could help them find food
OB. Yes, they could help them rescue the Dorothy.
OC. Nothing he could think of.
OD. Yes, they could lead them to Oz

Reread "The Beginnings of the Maasai,” and then answer the question.

One purpose of "The Beginnings of the Maasai” is to explain the weather.

Which excerpt best justifies this conclusion?

The sky god is powerful, but can change from nurturing to vengeful depending on our behavior.
Sometimes Enkai is Enkai Narok, the Black God, happy with us and blanketing the sky with dark clouds that pour out rain to nourish the plains.
In these times, the sun grows incredibly hot until the earth dries up and becomes barren.
My father tells me that the eruption was so violent that it broke the earth away from the sky and flung Enkai and all of the cattle high up into the heavens.

Which of the following is a type of rhetorical appeal?
A. Personification
B. Metaphor
C. Ethos
D. Diciton

Identify the choice that corrects this run-on sentence.


Sometimes, people say silly things they do not intend to be mean.


Sometimes people say silly things they do not intend to be mean!


Sometimes people say silly things, they do not intend to be mean.


Sometimes people say silly things; they do not intend to be mean

The imagination is an eye, a marvelous third eye that floats free. As children, that eye sees with 20/20 clarity. As we grow older, its vision begins to dim . . . and one day the guy at the door lets you into the bar without asking to see any ID and that’s it for you, Cholly; your hat is over the windmill. It’s in your eyes. Something in your eyes. Check them out in the mirror and tell me if I’m wrong. –Danse Macabre, Stephen King How does King develop a quick, sharp, and casual style? Check the five best choices. by using long, sentimental descriptions by using slang words by using very few adjectives by using colorful expressions by using no jargon or academic language by using very few verbs by using many short, common words

Select the excerpt that is an example of an MLA in-text citation with an attributive phrase.
In 2001, a group of students and parents in Texas took a school district to court contending that the school's mandatory uniform policy violated First Amendment rights. The Fifth Circuit Court ruled that the school's policy was constitutional and that students had failed to show that the policy suppressed free expression (ACLU).


Approximately 74 percent of high schools in the United States offer student newspapers or journalism programs (Barron).


According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in the past decade the number of public schools requiring students to wear uniforms has almost doubled, to nineteen percent (Abutaleb).


Some of these titles are works of noted literary merit. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was banned for its perceived racism. Beloved by Toni Morrison was banned for violence and sexual content. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was banned for being immoral and negative. The children's picture book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak was challenged for being dark and disturbing (ALA).

Choose one answer from each group. Type the LETTER ONLY for each answer in the correct blank.

Type A, B, C, or D for Blank 1.

We cannot go to luncheon and meet our friends but we must receive a token to carry away.
As I walk through the shops at Christmas time and survey their contents, I find it a most depressing spectacle.
But to some of us a day comes when we begin to grow weary of things.
Their houses are filled with an undigested mass of things, like the terminal moraine where a glacier dumps at length everything it has picked up during its progress through the lands.

Type E, F, G, or H for Blank 2.
I suppose we all go through a phase when we like things best.
The host must receive gifts from every little guest, and provide in return some little remembrance for each to take home.
Truly, on all sides we are beset, and we go lumbering along through life like a ship encrusted with barnacles.
Such things as we cannot give away, and have not the courage to destroy, we stack in the garret.
Answer for Blank 1:

Answer for Blank 2:

Which sentence contains transitional
words or phrases?

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Read this excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.
Between the time Champollion's books appeared and the end of the nineteenth century, thousands f rolls of
papyrus and copies of temple and tomb inscriptions were brought to Europe and America, There scholars, using the
deciphering methods Champollion had pioneered, traced the entire history of writing in Egypt. They discovered it
had begun about 3100 B.C. when images of important people were first accompanied by hieroglyphs of their names
of titles. By 2500 B.C. complete sentences began to appear on tomb inscriptions, along with lists of offerings to the
Egyptian gods
Which statement best expresses an inference that can be supported by information in the excerpt?
Ancient Egyptian writing became more complex over time.
The only writing discovered from ancient Egypt was written on tombs.
Only wealthy people had tomb inscriptions in ancient Egypt.
O Most of the Egyptian writing that scholars translated was about Egyptian gods

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What the milestone domain for 6 months?

the diomand necklace Which point of view is used in the passage?

Select the correct answer.
Which statement best expresses why the author most likely includes the last paragraph in this excerpt?
O A.
to create conflict between the gas station attendant and Maggie
O B. to create conflict between Maggie and her friends at home
O C.
to create a sense of tension about Maggie's decision to leave home
O D.
to create a sense of tension regarding Mapgie's need for gas

Help answers all questions the questions today

Write the questions. Follow the example given below.
Ex. Did you wake up early? No I didn’t. I woke up late.
1. __________________________________________________ at 7:00? No, we didn’t. We met at 8:00. 2. ____________________________________________ at the pool? No, he didn’t. He swam in the lake. 3. _______________________________________________ apples? No, she didn’t. She bought oranges. 4. ______________________________________________ French? No, they didn’t. They spoke Spanish. 5. _______________________________________________ to school? No, I didn’t. I drove to the office.
6. _____________________________________________________ on time? No, he didn’t. He came late. 7. _____________________________________________ to Paris? No, she didn’t. She flew to Rome. 8. __________________________________________________ your purse? No, I didn’t. I lost my wallet. 9. ____________________________________________ a big fish? No, he didn’t. He caught a small one. 10. ___________________________________________________ a cake? No, she didn’t. She made a pie. 11. ______________________________________________________ 8 hours? No, I didn’t. I slept 9 hours. 12. ________________________________________________ their mother? No, they didn’t. They told me. 13. _______________________________________________ on the sofa? No, we didn’t. We sat on chairs. 14. __________________________________________________ a skirt? No, she didn’t. She wore a dress. 15. _________________________________________________ the windows? No, I didn’t. I shut the door.
16. ______________________________________ at the front of the room? No, she didn’t. She stood at the back of the room.

What does the following sentence from the transcript ‘‘We Must Accept War” by President Woodrow Wilson depict?

“We will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our nation and our people to be ignored or violated.”

Opinion of the speaker

Counterclaim indicating support to countries

Evidence for counterclaim

Claim asserted toward the American people

Case Study
You are the head of a large department and several supervisors report to you.
Recently you were confronted with a knotty problem. It seems that one of the supervisors
had gotten into a loud and disagreeable argument with an employee. You called the
supervisor to your office to hear his story.
The supervisor admitted losing his temper and shouting at the employee, but he
believed it was justified. He had been observing the employee over the year the man had
been with the company. During this period the employee had been frequently late, and his
absentee rate was above average. In addition, the supervisor went on to say that the
employee was a socializer on the job, frequently leaving his work to talk to other
employees and to use the telephone for personal calls. The supervisor then said that the
proverbial last straw caused his outburst. The employee had come in late, and after about
an hour of work he made a telephone call which the supervisor had timed as lasting 14
minutes. The supervisor then started his tirade. The employee denied being on the
telephone that long, the supervisor called him a liar, and they continued the vituperative
exchange which ended when you called the supervisor to your office.
After listening to the supervisor, you asked him if he had disciplined the employee
before, since apparently he had a poor record. You also asked if the employee had been
placed on probation or had been warned. The supervisor looked at you sheepishly and
seemed reluctant to answer. You pressed him, for an answer, and he finally blurted out that
he was afraid to discipline the employee because he was black. He stated that the
impression he had from you and higher management was that black employees should be
given special treatment so that they would feel welcome and not discriminated against. He
felt the company wanted to impress the public with its forward-looking employment
practices and didn't want any trouble with the black community. As a result, he was lax in
discipline and had kept a hands-off approach with all black employees until his outburst.
He said he couldn't stand it anymore, and the 14-mintue telephone call caused him to lose
his temper.
1. Introduction
Template of the Case Study
Identify the key problems and issues in the case study.
Formulate and include a thesis statement, summarizing the outcome of your
analysis in 1-2 sentences.

What are the
purposes of King's allusions?

Which sentence below uses punctuation correctly?
O First, I gather all the facts; next, I ask my friends for advice.
O Jumping to conclusions; however, is never a good idea.
O Lola needed to choose;nonetheless she couldn't make up her mind.
OIt should have been an easy call, instead; the umpire hesitated and the crowd started booing.

Where was Hard Times originally published?


library

newspaper

magazine

literary salon

Identifying Elements of the Rhetorical Situation
Match the element of the rhetorical situation on the left with its definition on the right.
message
exigence
context
purpose
audience
what the writer hopes the text will
accomplish
the central idea of the text
the reason why the writer decided to write
the text
who the readers of the text are most likely to
be
the historical, social, and political situation
that affects the text

Which is the best definition of value?

(1) When Benjamin Franklin was 22 years old, he opened a
printing shop in Philadelphia. (2) There he published two
popular periodicals. (3) They were the Philadelphia Gazette
and Poor Richard's. (4) The Philadelphia Gazette was a
newspaper. (5) Poor Richard's was an almanac. (6) Poor
Richard's was published once a year. (7) Poor Richard's was
a collection of miscellaneous information. (8) A feature of
Poor Richard's was advice about how to be happy. (9) The
advice was also about how to be successful. (10) The
advice was in the form of sayings, such as, "Early to bed
and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
Which is the most effective way to combine sentences 8
and 9?

Cites relevant textual evidence that shows how order of events is used to create tension. Cites textual evidence that is not relevant to how order of events is used to create tension. Lacks textual evidence.

What note-taking strategies do you already use? Check all that apply.

I draw diagrams.
I make graphic organizers.
I use highlighters, sticky notes, and/or flags.
I use an electronic note-taking device.
I make outlines and charts.

which figurative language technique best fits the sentence below. Nico grew up at the beach