PART A: What does the phrase “to give wide berth to” most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 4?

“Treacher Collins syndrome is a lot more than a pile of statistics and facts. It is about the person below the surface. People tend to give wide berth to the things and people that they perceive as a threat to them – those people who are ‘different’ or who they don’t understand.

A. To stay away from
B. To act kindly towards
C. To be violent towards
D.To go out of one's way to help out

Answer:

b

Explanation:

Which event foreshadows a conflict between Ralph and Jack in Lord of the Flies?

A. Jack's enthusiasm for hunting the island's pigs

B. Ralph's insistence on keeping a signal fire lit

C. Jack's claim that he should be chief

D. Ralph's insistence on letting Piggy keep track of the conch

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You will revise one body paragraph from your informational article. Then you will write a reflection on the changes you have made. You will submit the original paragraph, the revised paragraph, and the reflection paragraph.

View the grading rubric as you complete your assignment. This is your guide to a super submission.

Review your informational article. Choose one body paragraph to revise. Copy this paragraph into a new document.
Combine two or more sentences in your paragraph for varied syntax.
Review your paragraph for any use of passive voice. Revise those sentences.
Write a short reflection paragraph on the revision process. Describe the changes you made and how these changes improved your writing.
Save and submit:
The original draft of your body paragraph
The revised draft of the same paragraph
The reflection on the changes you have made
Save your work to your computer or drive.
Submit your work in 02.09 Syntax and Voice.


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Video games are great for your brain! They have been proven to increase manual dexterity, gray matter (in your brain), and help with social skills even! “In a study involving a group of surgeons, researchers found that those who played video games were faster at performing advanced procedures and made 37 percent fewer mistakes than those who didn’t.”. Gray matter is associated with muscle control, memories, perception, and spatial navigation. It has been found that playing video games regularly may increase gray matter in the brain and boost brain connectivity. The stereotype that people play video games is false. “Past research involving children found that those who played more video games were more likely to have good social skills, perform better academically, and to have built better relationships with other students because of the social and collaborative component to some types of games.” This happens because you can usually talk to a character, if you say something mean or threatening, there will be consequences. Unfortunately, video’s do have downsides as well.

What do you think older people do or should do when they retire. ?

What is the theme of "My First Kiss"?

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True or False: An interjection is always one word.

One effect of the inns and guesthouses appearing along the Silk Road routes was —
A. archaeologists began to visit the Silk Road
B. a large missionary network was established for Catholic priests
C. caravans no longer spent days or weeks traveling without stopping
D. trading networks in China increased as more traders traveled there

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There are several affairs that take place throughout the course of the novel. Consider the marriage of the King and Queen, Monsieur and Madame Bonacieux, and Athos and Milady. What is the view of marriage in The Three Musketeers? Write at least three sentences.

In The Secret Garden, how does Mary respond when she enters the secret garden?

She is afraid that Ben Weatherstaff will be angry at her.

She is sad that the garden has been neglected for so long.

She wishes she had someone else to share the garden with.

She wants to help make the flowers grow again.

Must a person challenge authority to be a hero?

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In How It Feels to Be Colored Me, how mainly does Hurston’s description of dancing to jazz add to the development of the essay’s themes?

a) By showing how certain situations make Hurston feel more colored than others

b) By establishing her very “white” disinterest in the physicality of jazz

c) By revealing how different she is than white people and other black people

d) By presenting jazz as the “Jacksonville of music”

Read the claim below.
More countries should use hydroelectric energy, in which moving water generates electricity.
Select the piece of evidence that best supports this claim.

How does Jonas’s view of his community change after he receives his first few memories?

N the context of the text, what makes a family? How is Mike’s family impacted by hisgrandmother’s sickness and memory loss? Have you ever had an older family member fallill? How were you and your family affected?
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Read four notes Tyler took while doing his research on solar panels.

• Solar energy is affordable because sunshine is free.

• Solar panels produced in China cost consumers about 15% less than those made in America.

• Just as the cost of solar panels keeps going down, so does the cost of installing them.

• Traditional utility companies see solar energy as a growing threat to their ability to do business.

Choose the two notes that are both relevant to the idea that solar panels have recently decreased in price.

A.
Solar energy is affordable because sunshine is free. Solar panels produced in China cost consumers about 15% less than those made in America.
B.
Solar panels produced in China cost consumers about 15% less than those made in America. Just as the cost of solar panels keeps going down, so does the cost of installing them.
C.
Just as the cost of solar panels keeps going down, so does the cost of installing them. Traditional utility companies see solar energy as a growing threat to their ability to do business.
D.
Solar energy is affordable because sunshine is free. Traditional utility companies see solar energy as a growing threat to their ability to do business.

Read this excerpt from The People Could Fly

There was a son named Anton. He dreamed that a girl placed a handkerchief over his face. He woke up but he saw no one. Anton told his mother what he had dreamed. His mother said, "Anton, you've dreamed of something enchanted."

A few days later Anton dreamed the dream again and it was exactly the same: A girl placed a handkerchief over his face.

"Anton," his mother said, "you dream of a girl who lives with her father in the tower of the moon."

How does the plot influence characterization in this excerpt?

The exposition introduces Anton as a fortune teller.
The exposition introduces Anton’s mother as a fanciful woman.
The rising action shows Anton facing the challenges of finding the tower.
The rising action shows Anton’s mother reacting to Anton’s travels.

Read the claim below.
Teenagers should not be allowed to drive.
Select the piece of evidence that best supports this claim.

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Read the claim below.
Nelson Mandela was one of the most inspiring people in history.
Select the piece of evidence that best supports this claim.

read the passage then drag to the boxes correctly complete the flowchart

TELL ME AN INTERESTING STORY BEGINNING WITH THE WRITING PROMPT:


"I HEARD A RUSTLING NOISE IN THE SHRUBS OUTSIDE OF MY WINDOW...ALL OF A SUDDEN..."


THIS ACTIVITY IS FOR TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT. IT MUST BE A LEAST ONE PAGE IN LENGTH. USE YOUR CREATIVITY! PLEASE DEFINE YOUR CHARACTERS AND REMEMBER, THAT THE STORY IS IN THE SMALL DETAILS! It has to start with that sentence above. Will make brainliest only if an Essay!

How does collaboration help you feel a sense of belonging in the classroom?

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Read the passage.

A Flag with 50 Stars

The first American flag to have red and white stripes and white stars on a blue field was flown in 1776, shortly after the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. Legend has it that a Philadelphia seamstress named Betsy Ross was hired by George Washington himself to create this flag. There is no evidence that this legend is true, and no one knows for certain who made the first flag, which had 13 stars and 13 stripes. However, we know for a fact that the first flag to have 50 stars—the one we have today—was designed by a high school student.

In 1958, Bob Heft was a 17-year-old student at Lancaster High School in Ohio. At that time, the United States had only 48 states but was on the verge of accepting two more: Alaska and Hawaii. The U.S. flag at the time had six neat rows of eight stars each. What would be the best way to add two more stars while keeping the arrangement neat and orderly? This was the question that Bob’s history teacher posed to the class.

The teacher gave the students an assignment: design a flag with 50 stars. Bob spent hours in the attic of his house, cutting up a 48-star flag and rearranging the stars until they fit just right. He was pleased with his solution to the problem, but his teacher found it less than perfect and gave him a B minus. Outraged, Bob told his teacher that he was going to send his design to his member of Congress, Walter Moeller. His teacher replied that if Bob’s design was accepted as the new flag, he would be more than happy to change the grade to an A.

A year later, Bob had graduated and was working as a draftsman when he received a call at work. He never would have imagined a call from President Eisenhower—but that's who it was! Now that Alaska and Hawaii had been admitted as states, Congressman Moeller had succeeded in having Bob's design chosen as the new U.S. flag. Bob Heft was invited to Washington, D.C., for a ceremony during which his design was officially adopted as the new flag of the United States.

Read the excerpt from “A Flag with 50 Stars.”

Now that Alaska and Hawaii had been admitted as states, Congressman Moeller had succeeded in having Bob's design chosen as the new U.S. flag.

How do these sentences contribute to the text?


They develop the idea that, without Congressman Moeller, there would not be a new U.S flag.


They imply that the people of Alaska and Hawaii prefer Bob's design over other options.


They show it takes several years for the U.S. government to approve a new flag design.


They develop the idea that Bob's design is exceptional, despite what his teacher thought.


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Have you ever witnessed something amazing, shocking or surprising and found when describing the event that your story seems to change the more you tell it? Have you ever experienced a time when you couldn't really describe something you saw in a way that others could understand? If so, you may understand why some experts think eyewitness testimony is unreliable as evidence in scientific inquiries and trials. New insights into human memory suggest human memories are really a mixture of many non-factual things.


First, memory is vague. Imagine your room at home or a classroom you see every day. Most likely, you could describe the room very generally. You could name the color of the walls, the floors, the decorations. But the image you describe will never be as specific or detailed as if you were looking at the actual room. Memory tends to save a blurry image of what we have seen rather than specific details. So when a witness tries to identify someone, her brain may recall that the person was tall, but not be able to say how tall when faced with several tall people. There are lots of different kinds of "tall."


Second, memory uses general knowledge to fill in gaps. Our brains reconstruct events and scenes when we remember something. To do this, our brains use other memories and other stories when there are gaps. For example, one day at a library you go to quite frequently, you witness an argument between a library patron and one of the librarians. Later, when telling a friend about the event, your brain may remember a familiar librarian behind the desk rather than the actual participant simply because it is recreating a familiar scene. In effect, your brain is combining memories to help you tell the story.


Third, your memory changes over time. It also changes the more you retell the story. Documented cases have shown eyewitnesses adding detail to testimony that could not have been known at the time of the event. Research has also shown that the more a witness's account is told, the less accurate it is. You may have noticed this yourself. The next time you are retelling a story, notice what you add, or what your brain wants to add, to the account. You may also notice that you drop certain details from previous tellings of the story.

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With individual memories all jumbled up with each other, it is hard to believe we ever know anything to be true. Did you really break your mother's favorite vase when you were three? Was that really your father throwing rocks into the river with you when you were seven? The human brain may be quite remarkable indeed. When it comes to memory, however, we may want to start carrying video cameras if we want to record the true picture.


Which line from the text best explains the main reason memories change?


Most likely, you could describe the room very generally.

The more a witness's account is told, the less accurate it is

The next time you are retelling a story, notice what you add

You may also notice that you drop certain details

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
#5 Why is flung a more effective word for the author to use than open? Select two options.
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Why is flung a more effective word for the author to use than open?

Pick 2


A. It better conveys the speaker’s desperation to find out who or what is tapping at his window.

B. It rhymes better with other words in the poem.

C. It is more reflective of the time period in which the poem was written.

D. It more accurately describes the speaker’s actions.

The author mentions behaviors associated with adolescence: risk-taking, self-consciousness, and peer influence. What are some real-life examples of those behaviors?


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List the strong descriptive details from this passage that Hillenbrand uses to describe the Pearl Harbor attack. Why does the author provide so much detail?