Passage 1: Excerpt from Will Yellow School Buses Soon Become Rolling Ads?
1 Tight school budgets could soon translate into Missouri school districts’ selling ad space on yellow school buses.



2 Missouri state Rep. T.J. Berry, R-Kearney, says his bill—HB 224—isn’t a cure-all by any stretch. But legalizing ads inside and outside the buses would give school districts one additional way to raise money in these tough times.



3 “Every single school district has had to deal with budget concerns,” Berry said last week. “And generally speaking, the way they have had to deal with those has been cuts or tax increases.”



4 The school bus is something that is already out there and paid for, he said. His bill would permit districts to generate a modest stream of income from their buses.



5 Few question the need for finding additional funds when it comes to educating children, but at least two groups think the school bus exteriors should remain ad-free.



6 “There is no such thing as free money,” said Josh Golin, associate director for the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood. “There are real costs to this: the price of selling out your students to advertisers.”



7 Students don’t need the first and last message they receive from their schools each day to be advertisements, Golin said. Students boarding a bus are certainly a captive audience.



8 The National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services opposes advertising on safety grounds. Obscuring the recognizable school-bus yellow exterior with ads and distracting other drivers “present a safety problem around school buses that cannot be ignored,” the group said in its position paper.



9 National studies have shown that anything that diverts a driver’s attention from the road can pose a hazard, opponents say.



10 “And a big yellow bus doesn’t distract?” Berry asked.



11 Several years ago in Indiana, a Department of Education lawyer suggested that allowing advertisements on buses would invite First Amendment challenges by spurned advertisers, the group noted.



12 Berry said the bill would limit the types of advertising that would be allowed.



13 The regulations would prohibit ads that contain obscene or sexual material, or messages associated with gambling, tobacco products, alcohol, and political campaigns or causes. The ads could not promote drug use or “any illegal activity or antisocial behavior.” They can’t contain “harmful, discriminatory, false, misleading or deceptive” messages.



14 “There are a lot of safeguards being built in,” he said.



15 Berry emphasized that the space reserved for the ads would be “very limited,” meaning toward the back of the bus.



16 By 2012, nine states—Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas and Utah—permitted advertising on the exterior of school buses, according to the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. Several, including Missouri, considered it last year.



17 The bill made it out of the Missouri House last year but did not clear the Senate, Berry said. He acknowledged that the idea was “very controversial.”

(questions)

In Passage 1, how does the author represent the various points of view on the issue of advertisements on school buses?


A)by providing quotes from people on both sides of the issue


B)by describing the financial benefits for both sides of the issue


C)by sharing anecdotes from politicians on both sides of the issue


D)by elaborating on the benefits that would result from both sides of the issue

In paragraph 23 of Selection 1, the author uses the word dissipated to mean


A)vanished.


B)threatened.


C)gathered.


D)enlarged.

(the paragraph)
Sofia felt much obliged for their help. When she turned to leave, she felt as though the shop had become much brighter, as if a dark cloud had suddenly dissipated.

Read the following excerpt from The Call of the Wild and answer the question that follows.

Buck seized Thornton's hand in his teeth. Thornton shook him back and forth.
The excerpt above creates a bookend for the chapter with an image of _______.

love

partnership

Which claim from Selection 1 has insufficient evidence?


A)Major crimes usually occur at night.


B)Some cities offer flexibility in curfews.


C)Teen curfews can work if they are enforced.


D)Minor crimes can use up valuable resources


(the paragrapg)



1 Crime is a continuing problem in our society, and to combat it, we must engage in a variety of tactics to give the courts and law enforcement the tools they need to keep us all safe. One valuable tool is a teen curfew, a simple law that restricts when youths under 18 years old can be outside of the home.

2 The benefit of curfews is twofold—they reduce the number of people on the streets who might cause trouble, and they keep youths safe. Even good kids might be tempted to get in minor trouble late at night. Small violations can take up large amounts of police time—time that is better spent dealing with more serious issues. A curfew just takes away the opportunity for kids to get in trouble by keeping them at home.

3 While some teens may be irritated by such restrictions, curfews actually keep youths safe. An old saying goes, “Nothing good happens after midnight.” For young people, this is particularly true. Serious crimes often happen at night, and curfews can keep kids from becoming victims.

4 Many cities set curfews for 11 p.m. during the week. There is simply no need for teens to be out of the house after that. At that hour, students should be done with part-time jobs, sports events, or other activities. Some cities allow teens to stay out until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. However, most believers in curfews would argue that an earlier deadline would be much more effective.

5 Of course, children can always be out with their parents or guardians. The purpose of the curfew is to make sure teens are under some sort of adult supervision. This can take place at home or away from home, as long as adults are present. Curfews have been proven to work. A 1997 United States Conference of Mayors survey of 347 cities found that curfews improved safety in 88 percent of the cities that enforced them.

6 A teen curfew is not going to immediately end all crime, but it will help. In conjunction with other techniques, such as graffiti cleanup, educational and recreational opportunities for youths, and police intervention in high-crime areas, a teen curfew can help keep us all safer.

On the topic of planet Earth…a university planetary science professor or a NASA astrophysicist would be considered reliable sources. Even professionals can have uncommon views, though, so do some research. Have the sources published peer-reviewed data on the subject? There are a few folks with impressive-sounding degrees and titles who claim that aliens visiting Earth constructed the pyramids, but an overwhelming majority of scientists, engineers, and historians disagree with them.


The author's purpose for writing this passage was to __________.


A. argue that research is not always effective in weeding out unreliable sources
B. highlight the ways in which reliable sources can be used to debunk most conspiracy theories
C. emphasize the importance of researching sources to determine their reliability
D. suggest that reliable sources seek to inform readers about the dangers of conspiracy theories

What theme is conveyed in "Sister and Brother”?

Self-interest is the key to a good life.
Being helpful to others is its own reward.
It is not possible for people to truly change.
The road to doom is paved with good intentions

Match the term with the correct answer.

Match the point of view with one of its advantages.

First-person point of view A) It places the reader into the action as a character in the story.

Second-person point of view B) It engages the reader with a character from a story narrating the action.

Third-person point of view C) It allows you to reveal the inner thoughts of multiple characters.

In which sentence does the verb agree with the subject?

A Either of these shirts match that denim skirt.

B One of my friends is building her own solar panel.

C Neither of the girls were home on time.

D Many of our relatives speaks more than one language.

11 points/brainliest

The bright sun glistened on the quiet lake. is there a action verb, being verb or a verb phrase

Passage 1: Excerpt from Chapter 4 of Jane Eyre



In this section from the end of Chapter 4, Jane Eyre is still a child and is taking leave of her guardian, Mrs. Reed, who has treated her with great unkindness.



1 I gathered my energies and launched them in this blunt sentence—



2 “I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed; and this book about the liar, you may give to your girl, Georgiana, for it is she who tells lies, and not I.”



In paragraph 2 of Passage 1, Jane exclaims, “I am not deceitful.” What reason does Jane have for using the word deceitful?


A)to explain that she is not lazy


B)to explain that she is not truthful


C)to explain that she is not forgetful


D)to explain that she is not dishonest

What do readers learn about Manjiro from the qualities he hopes to have?

Which story features a dynamic character? In the beginning of the story, Teddy refuses to pass the soccer ball to his teammates and gets angry when his team loses. At the end of the story, Teddy realizes that friendship and teamwork are more important than winning. In the beginning of the story, John sits at the edge of the pool and watches his friends have a good time swimming. At the end of the story, John complains of a stomachache when it is time for swimming class. In the beginning of the story, Luis helps his little brother with his math homework. At the end of the story, Luis teaches his youngest brother how to ride a bicycle without training wheels. In the beginning of the story, Tamara teases Phoebe about the low score she receives on a math quiz. At the end of the story, Tamara laughs at the way Paul holds a tennis racquet in gym class.

How does the setting of a life at sea in Selection 1 affect the character?


A)He lives a life of unmatched ease.


B)He leads a life of great adventure.


C)He has many unmet needs.


D)He is in constant fear.



(the poem)

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.

WILL GIVE BRAINLEST
Wild Plum Jelly
Tracy Wilson

1 In the winter of 1976, when I was only four years old, my family moved into a modest home in a growing Greenville neighborhood. Upon a slope on one side of the house, stood a dozen tree sprigs looking rather bald and barren. By springtime, however, the little trees began growing taller and bushier by the day. Upon exploring the hillside in mid-July, I noticed hundreds of quarter-sized, pinkish orbs dangling, daring me to pick just one. Of course, I did.

2Plums? I questioned. Yes, plums. she reiterated. She explained that these were not the same as the deeply colored, voluptuous kind I had seen in the market. These were a smaller and much sourer variety.

3 Knowing that they were safe, I ate enough that one afternoon to give me a stomach ache that lasted two days. As the plums became riper and sweeter, my grandma and I picked enough to fill two enormous buckets. She taught me to make jelly from the tiny fruits which we could enjoy all winter long.

4 Years later, I was driving down a long, winding highway when I noticed several wild plum trees lining the hedgerow. I had to pull over. I picked a heaping handful. As I sat there on the side of the highway, I basked in the tartness of my childhood fruit and in the sweetness of the memory of making jelly with the greatest woman I have ever known.

Read the passage on the left to answer the following questions:

7)
Wild Plum Jelly (Another Point of View)

When Tracy was just a little girl, maybe four years old, she came to visit my home just around the time my wild plum tree was bearing fruit. The plums were pinkish little spheres just begging for Tracy's little hands to pick them. When she grabbed one, I explained to her that the plums were edible and safe, but that they didn't taste like the rich, delicious plums at the grocery store. They were a little sour!

But their sour taste didn't stop little Tracy at all. She ate so many plums that she got a stomach-ache! Mercy! After she got better, I taught Tracy to make wild plum jellies. I hope that one day she can remember the good times we had together when she was young.
What do these two accounts of an early event in Tracy's life have in common?
A) Tracy's story is tinted with a tone of sadness, but the grandmother's story is mostly happy in tone.
B) The grandmother's story mentions that they picked apples instead of plum, but Tracy's story mentions only plums.
C) Tracy's story is a memory of picking plums with her grandmother, and the grandmother's story is a similarly happy memory.
D) The grandmother's story shows that she didn't enjoy picking plums, but Tracy's account shows that she had a really good time.
8)
Which text structure BEST describes how the author has organized the passage?
A) sequential
B) cause and effect
C) compare and contrast
D) problem and solution

Kelvin Gets His Start

2. Most teens could not imagine going to bed at 7 p.m. every night, but Kelvin would. Then, in the middle of the night, he would wake up to transform his living room. It was a "small electronics scrapyard," as Kelvin explained. Kelvin was always very interested in technology and inventions, but he lived very poorly. His community did not have modern technology. This did not stop Kelvin. He scrounged through scrapyards and dumps looking for basic components to make his inventions work.

Which detail is explicit from this paragraph? (5 points)

Select one:

a.
Kelvin Doe is from a small village in the Republic of Sierra Leone in West Africa.


b.
Many teenage boys aspire to be DJs.


c.
The teenager invented something.


d.
Kelvin Doe's creative idea included a battery.

Into the woods I go
Book and blanket in tow.

Like an explorer
I search for territory
among the trees,
then stake my claim
with a patchwork flag.

Like a ship
my blanket sails
on oceans of words
to worlds
unknown.

Where will I go?
Wherever the pages set my mind to roam.

How does a simile most clearly contribute to the tone of this poem?

A. The simile "to worlds unknown" creates a mysterious tone because unknown lands are associated with mystery.
B. The simile "like a ship" creates an adventurous tone because ships are associated with sailing to unknown lands.
C. The simile "like a ship" creates a childish tone because children enjoy playing with toy ships.
D. The simile "to worlds unknown" creates a confident tone because a person must be enthusiastic when traveling to foreign lands.

Kate’s mother has three children: Snap, Crackle and ___?
Easy

it's seven o'clock, and Ronaldo is walking to school. Ronaldo opens the school door and closes the door. His friend says: Ronaldo at the door. Ronaldo says: No and runs to class

There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?

We lived there for three days – Mother and we five children, the youngest of whom was three years old. Because of the rigorous physical examination that we had to submit to, particularly of the eyes, there was this terrible anxiety that one of us might be rejected. And if one of us was, what would the rest of the family do?

—Angelo Pellegrini
from Immigrant Kids,
Russell Freedman

Choose the detail that best supports the idea that the family was worried they would be rejected.

A: The eye examination was rigorous.
B: There were too many children.
C: The children were too young.
D: They were there for three days.

I need help writing a thesis statement about Jellyfish.
Use an anecdote or quotation hook.
This is your three-part idea that answers the question:
What problems does my everyday monster cause , who does it affect, and how can it be solved?
Can be supported with valid evidence such as facts, expert testimony, and research
does not include feelings or emotions
Is written in the third person point of view
Use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling

for 10 points, Correctly spell the possessive form of the noun below:

Frances

in the following sentence, identify the italicized prepositional phrase as either an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase.

The alley cat from down the street ate the cake.

In paragraph 5 of Selection 1, what does the word domesticated mean?


A)highly regarded


B)raised by people


C)eaten by animals


D)newly discovered



(the paragraph)
The Anasazi may have grown out of a northern branch of these archaic people, or they may have been homesteaders of the Mogollon culture who came to the northern frontier from the south. In any case, sometime during the first or second century A.D. the first discernible stage of Anasazi culture emerged. Their presence is marked in the archeological record by semi-permanent or permanent dwellings and evidence of domesticated plant cultivation, including digging sticks, grinding stones, and storage rooms.

It has keys, but no locks. It has space, but no room. You can enter, but can’t go inside. What is it?

Edvenedfuebrhbeubguwnfefnfiunfwenqn

Which sentence contains an appositive phrase?

A. My soccer team, which is called the Easton Eagles, has a great record.
B. At the end of the day tomorrow, we have a big game across town.
C. David Sánchez, the coach of the opposing team, owns a music store.
D. My brother, sister, and I take guitar lessons there every Thursday.Percent of books Susan has less than

Which of the following characteristics of the archetypal mother figure are demonstrated by Teddy’s mother in “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”?

A.Teddy’s mother demonstrates qualities that are valued by her culture.
B.Teddy’s mother performs evil deeds against Rikki-Tikki.
C.Teddy’s mother acts as a protector of Rikki-Tikki on his quest.
D.Teddy’s mother guides and directs Rikki-Tikki on his quest.

PLEASE HELP!!!! how dose Anne being in hiding for 761 days influence the writing of the story?

Good authors choose their words very carefully. Take a few minutes to write a short paragraph describing an experience you have recently had. Pick a location you went to or an event you attended. Once you have finished, read over what you have written. Now, write a second paragraph. In it, you will repeat the information from the first paragraph, but you will choose your words more carefully. Ask yourself questions like: What words capture this image exactly? What is the best word to convey how something looked, or how I felt? Take more time with the second paragraph. Your response should be at least 150 words in total.

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