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THE MATCH

(this is the bolded paragraph)There never was a time when the world was without fire, but there was a time when men did not know how to kindle fire; and after they learned how to kindle one, it was a long, long time before they learned how to kindle one easily. In these days we can kindle a fire without any trouble, because we can easily get a match; but we must remember that the match is one of the most wonderful things in the world, and that it took men thousands of years to learn how to make one. Let us learn the history of this familiar little object, the match.

Fire was first given to man by nature itself. When a forest is set on fire by cinders from a neighboring volcano, or when a tree is set ablaze by a thunderbolt, we may say that nature strikes a match. In the early history of the world, nature had to kindle all the fires, for man by his own effort was unable to produce a spark. The first method, then, of getting fire for use was to light sticks of wood at a flame kindled by nature—by a volcano, perhaps, or by a stroke of lightning. These firebrands were carried to the home and used in kindling the fires there. The fire secured in this way was carefully guarded and was kept burning as long as possible. But the flame, however faithfully watched, would sometimes be extinguished. A sudden gust of wind or a sudden shower would put it out. Then a new firebrand would have to be secured, and this often meant a long journey and a deal of trouble.

In 1827, John Walker, a druggist in a small English town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. The druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. It is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. Although Walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. It could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. In a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. The match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. It would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. This was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar.


Which line from the bolded paragraph shows the value of the match?
…but there was a time when men did not know how to kindle fire
…it was a long, long time before they learned how to kindle one easily
There never was a time when the world was without fire
In these days we can kindle a fire without any trouble, because we can easily get a match

Answer:

1. The purpose of the line "In these days we can kindle a fire without any trouble, because we can easily get a match..." is to imply the main idea of the article. The statement that we can easily kindle fire today implies that there was a time when it wasn't so easy. That is why people had to figure out a way to kindle a fire without looking for a natural source. All of this supports the article's main idea, that match was a brilliant invention, which we shouldn't take for granted.

2. This line shows the need for matches. People had troubles with finding the fire, but it got even harder because any fire can easily get extinguished. This proves there was an urgent need to find a way to kindle fire without having to resort to nature at all times. The line doesn't show how dependable nature is - on the contrary, it shows that humans had to find a way to not depend on it. It doesn't show how people got the fire, or how long it took to make matches.

3. The correct answer is thesaurus. It is not an encyclopedia or an ordinary dictionary, but a dictionary of synonyms, that is words with similar meanings. It also contains antonyms (words with opposite meanings) and words with related meanings. When we don't know what a word means, we use a dictionary or an encyclopedia (or Wikipedia, for that matter). However, when we know its meaning, but are looking for a more appropriate word, we use a thesaurus.

In paragraph 21 of Selection 2, the author uses the words high , plump , and lacy to suggest


A)beauty.


B)calmness.


C)comfort.


D)warmth

(the parageahp)
He began by thinking about his bed in London. It was high. It was plump. It had lacy pillows. . . . By the time Laurence thought of the pillows, he was fast asleep.

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*URGENT!*
When it comes to research goals, students should be able to explain how they are going to

set them.
decipher them.
meet them.
research them.

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The idea of paying a price is the meaning of the word _______

Penelope and the Suitors from Book II of The Odyssey by Homer "Telemachus, insolent braggart that you are, how dare you try to throw the blame upon us suitors? It is your mother's fault not ours, for she is a very artful woman. This three years past, and close on four, she had been driving us out of our minds, by encouraging each one of us, and sending him messages without meaning one word of what she says. And then there was that other trick she played us. She set up a great tambour frame in her room, and began to work on an enormous piece of fine needlework. 'Sweet hearts,' said she, 'Ulysses is indeed dead, still do not press me to marry again immediately, wait—for I would not have skill in needlework perish unrecorded—till I have completed a pall for the hero Laertes, to be in readiness against the time when death shall take him. He is very rich, and the women of the place will talk if he is laid out without a pall.' "This was what she said, and we assented; whereon we could see her working on her great web all day long, but at night she would unpick the stitches again by torchlight. She fooled us in this way for three years and we never found her out, but as time wore on and she was now in her fourth year, one of her maids who knew what she was doing told us, and we caught her in the act of undoing her work, so she had to finish it whether she would or no. The suitors, therefore, make you this answer, that both you and the Achaeans may understand—'Send your mother away, and bid her marry the man of her own and of her father's choice'; for I do not know what will happen if she goes on plaguing us much longer with the airs she gives herself on the score of the accomplishments Minerva has taught her, and because she is so clever. We never yet heard of such a woman; we know all about Tyro, Alcmena, Mycene, and the famous women of old, but they were nothing to your mother any one of them. It was not fair of her to treat us in that way, and as long as she continues in the mind with which heaven has now endowed her, so long shall we go on eating up your estate; and I do not see why she should change, for she gets all the honour and glory, and it is you who pay for it, not she. Understand, then, that we will not go back to our lands, neither here nor elsewhere, till she has made her choice and married some one or other of us." 2 Select the correct answer. Which detail is present in the painting but not in the passage itself? A. The suitors are kind and romantic, eager to win Penelope's heart. B. Penelope's son is determined to protect his mother from the suitors. C. The tapestry Penelope is weaving is very large. D. The maids help Penelope with her weaving.

The story is Gideon
Check the boxes that describe the setting of the story.

wine press
altar of Baal
wheat fields
Ephraim
farm in Ophrah
Manasseh

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What does the repetition in the stanzas emphasize in Selection 1?


A)the length of the speaker’s journey


B)the strength of the speaker’s feelings


C)the dullness of the speaker’s occupation


D)the desperation of the speaker’s situation


(the paragrph)

Sea Fever



I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking.


I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.


I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way, where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn¹ from a laughing fellow-rover²,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

A brown bird sang on a blossomy tree,
Sang in the moonshine, merrily,
Three little songs, one, two, and three,
A song for his wife, for himself, and me.
The passage is MOST LIKELY which of these?
A) act
B) book
C) chapter
D) stanza

I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST!!
Using what you know about the words "decompose," "descent," and "deport," the prefix "de" means

to go forward
to build or form
to be empty
to do the opposite of

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5 adjectives to describe Algernon and why? (Flowers of Algernon story)

What sort of stimulus might a person seek if he or she were sleepy?

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Misty hoped to get another letter from her friend Donna. Misty met Donna at a softball tournament in Dallas, Texas. Donna promised to send Misty pictures of her family and friends.
What word in the passage tells the reader that Mitsy had received other letters from Donna?
A) another
B) get
C) hope
D) promised
20)
Which prefix can be added to the root word fire to mean 'to fail to fire correctly'?
A) dis-
B) mis-
C) not-
D) un-

Highlight word choices that show viewpoint in the passage.

But Kircher’s ideas about the hieroglyphs themselves were even farther off the mark than those of Horapollo. Looking at a certain group of symbols—which actually stood for the name of a pharaoh—Kircher let his imagination run wild
. . . From 1650 onward, Kircher produced several volumes of such nonsense.

—The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone,
James Cross Giblin

Based on the passage, what is the author’s view of Kircher’s ideas?

His ideas were better than Horapollo’s.
His ideas are the same as the author’s.
His ideas were the same as the pharaoh’s.
His ideas were worse than Horapollo’s.

Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

She was entirely unlike any other white woman I had ever seen. I could not approach her as I was accustomed to approach other white ladies. My early instruction was all out of place. The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her.

Which sentence from this excerpt best illustrates Frederick Douglass’s use of strong adjectives and verbs?

The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her.
My early instruction was all out of place.
She was entirely unlike any other white woman I had ever seen.
I could not approach her as I was accustomed to approach other white ladies.

Mia wants to write an essay about the different pieces of equipment needed for horseback riding. Which detail would best support Mia's purpose? A. It can cost over $100 a month to keep a horse, but some stable owners will offer a reduced rate if you are willing to help out around the barn. B. The most crucial safety tip a rider must always follow is wearing a properly fitted helmet. C. Reins are leather straps that attach the horse's mouth to the rider's hands to help guide the horse. D. My first horse, Ella, was an American quarter horse with brown hair and a black mane.

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1. Continually under threat, they would flee for their lives, losing their way in the wilderness.Does the sentence on the left help answer the guiding question? How so?

2. they would flee for their lives,First question Who or what does they refer to in this chunk? How do you know? Second question Why did the author use the word would?

TEXT 1:Since 1983, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudanese Government have been at war in southern Sudan. The conflict has already claimed more than 500,000 lives and displaced huge numbers of people. Among these were at least 20,000 children, mostly boys, between 7 and 17 years of age who were separated from their families. These ‘lost boys’ of the Sudan trekked enormous distances over a vast unforgiving wilderness, seeking refuge from the fighting. Hungry, frightened and weakened by sleeplessness and disease, they crossed from the Sudan into Ethiopia and back, with many dying along the way. The survivors are now in camps in Kenya, the Sudan and Uganda

Question 1: What's the main idea,detail 1 and detail 2?

TEXT 2:This extraordinary exodus has its origins in traditional forms of migration. After being initiated into manhood, young adolescent boys in southern Sudan have generally been quite mobile. Organized into small groups of their peers, they would leave home for a period to look after cattle. Or they might head for the towns or cities to go to school or to seek their fortune, before eventually returning home. In addition, at times of stress families all over Africa send their children elsewhere to find safety, food, work and schooling.

Question 2: What's the main idea,detail 1 and detail 2?

TEXT 3:But during the war this process has escalated dramatically. Fearing they would be targeted as potential combatants, many boys left their villages and headed for cities such as Juba and Khartoum. Here they hoped to find work or schooling, though as these cities became saturated with migrants, the boys often had to resort to begging or petty crime.


Question 3: What's the main idea ONLY???

TEXT 4:.Others set out for refugee camps in Ethiopia. Some travelled with friends or relatives, others slipped away on their own at night. Few had any idea of what lay ahead of them. They believed the trek would last only a few days and discovered that they faced a harrowing journey of 6 to 10 weeks. Continually under threat, they would flee for their lives, losing their way in the wilderness. Often they lost everything en route—blankets, sheets, shoes, clothes and pots—to soldiers, swindlers or bandits. Many fell victim to killer diseases. Others were so weakened by hunger and lack of sleep that they could go no further and sat down by the roadside—prey for lions and other animals.

Question 4:What are the Hopes/Expectations and Realities


LAST QUESTION:Take a moment to jot down the central idea. So far, the author shows...

How do Samantha's asides contribute to the meaning of the drama?
Click to read the play.
A. They describe her true feelings about the family yogurt business.
OB. They tell what Samantha will do with the
money
she earns.
O C. They reveal how Samantha narrows the focus of her job hunt.
O D. They explain why Samantha values Nadia's opinions.

The Help (If you don't know the answer don't answer)

Celia has never had a maid before so Minny has to ______________________.

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In which sentence do all of the common nouns, and only the common nouns, appear in boldface?

A. I learned to ride at the ranch last July.
B. The eager horses quickly lined up at the gate.
C. The trainer, Joe Asch, slipped my foot into the stirrup.
D. "Rochelle," she said, "you will be just fine."

The devil is also called the:
Tempter
Genesis
Death

Which selection best supports the central idea that there are good reasons to be awake during the day?
A. Humans are diurnal.
B. It can also be a good thing to avoid the sun.
C. Sunshine provides much-needed vitamin D and also makes us feel good.
D. It's normal to be awake during the day and sleep at night.
(Correct answer and accurate will receive brainliest.)

The candidate began to hedge while talking about his recent actions.
1.Take an insincere position for political gain
2. avoid giving a direct answer or firm commitment
3. change a stated opinion to the opposite side
4. attract increasing numbers of followers

Which sentence uses the word endangered incorrectly?

A The river was endangered by fertilizer runoff after the rain.
B The changing climate endangered all animals from the north and south pole.
C The pack of wolves endangered the lost woman in the forest.
D He feels endangered when he sees a movie about the ice caps melting.

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In paragraph 1 of selection 2, the use of quotation marks with the word " dangers " presents the author’s tone as
A)concerned.


B)indifferent.


C)questioning.


D)sarcastic.


(the paragraph)

1 When crime spikes in a city, one of the first things local governments propose is enforcing a teen curfew. Officials often use emotional arguments that teens either aren’t safe at night or are causing trouble. A curfew, they say, will help reduce crime and save children from all sorts of “dangers.”

Which word is most clearly used denotatively?

A well-groomed cat has a delightful fragrance, while dogs are typically. Filthy and inclined to stink.

A. Stink
B. Dogs
C. Fragrance
D. typically

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or a sentence. In line 10 of Selection 2, the author uses assonance in the phrase “crisp grid of ruin” to


A)illustrate the humorous tone of the speaker.


B)describe the coldness of the air outside the bus.


C)imply the unsympathetic point of view of the town’s demolishers.


D)emphasize the irony of seeing the orderliness of the piles of rubble.

(the POEM)
I look at a town of rubble beyond the passing trees.

10 Broken bricks and shattered shingles lie in a crisp grid of ruin.

This ancient village has prospered and faded, now felled by the axe of progress,

But is here for now.