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ladies meaning
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What is an idiom? (1 point) Responses a figure of speech that implies a comparison between seemingly unlike things without using “like” or “as” a figure of speech that implies a comparison between seemingly unlike things...
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What is the difference between dramatic irony and verbal irony? (1 point) Responses Dramatic irony is when the expected outcome of an event defies normal expectations, while verbal irony is when the audience knows someth...
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Which scenarios are examples of verbal irony? Select the two correct answers. (4 points) Responses Janeen got a credit card and had the monthly bill emailed to her. The balance quickly became uncomfortably large because...
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Question How does irony contribute to the development of a work’s theme? (1 point) Responses It serves primarily to add humor and lighten the mood of a story, making a serious theme more entertaining and accessible to a...
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Sinking and Swaddled by Beth Gilstrap At dusk, fingertips numb, Ona tore sheets of bark from the tree, building herself a papery cradle on the uneven floorboards where she could sleep for years. (2 points) Put responses...
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Question What is the difference between connotation and denotation? (1 point) Responses Connotation is the associations attached to a word, and denotation is a word’s literal meaning. Connotation is the associations atta...
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Use the sentence to answer the question. After taking a job as a delivery driver, Malcolm soon found out that the backroads in his small town were an elaborate web. Which clarifying statement could be added to this metap...
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Use the paragraph to answer the question. The movie was a rollercoaster ride of emotions. At times, I felt like I was rushing up into the sky anticipating the fall. And other times I was literally falling, and trying to...
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Use the passage from “Sinking Islands” to answer the question. Sinking Islands by Cai Emmons The sun is a brash tambourine in the Eastern sky. A rare winter morning when the view south across the bay is not sullied by sl...
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Use the passage to answer the question. When we volunteered to help rake the public park, we were not expecting the papery brown mountain that took the remainder of our day to move. Which type of figurative language is u...
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Is this a legitimate website?
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What's the tensile strength of titanium 6-4?
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make it simple, cohesive, and use these - “The narrator’s original goal was to ____, but instead ____.” - “This is ironic because ____.” - “An example that shows this contrast is ____.” - “In the end, the narrator leaves...
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make this simple and cohesive Question Listen or Read: “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain | Audio The story has a famously ironic conclusion. Describe the situation at the very end of the fra...
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Situation (short): The narrator stops at Simon Wheeler’s to ask one quick question about Leonidas W. Smiley. Instead of a straight answer, Wheeler rambles about Jim Smiley and his betting frog. The narrator is bored, ann...
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make this simple and cohesive Situation at the end of the frame narrative - After listening to Simon Wheeler’s long, pointless ramble about Jim Smiley and his frog, the narrator finally gets up to leave. He has obtained...
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Question Listen or Read: “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain | Audio The story has a famously ironic conclusion. Describe the situation at the very end of the frame narrative (when the narrato...
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make this simple and cohesive Quote: "He would bet on anything that turned up, and if there was nothing to bet on, he'd bet that there would be something to bet on." — Mark Twain, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavera...
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Finding the Central Idea – Graphic Organizer Directions: Use each section below to gather information from the article. Then use all parts together to determine the article’s central idea. 1. Subheadings & Captions Sente...
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Listen or Read: “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain | Audio Twain uses hyperbole (exaggeration for effect) to create humor and establish the tall-tale atmosphere of the story. Provide one spec...
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Listen or Read: “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain | Audio 2. Twain uses hyperbole (exaggeration for effect) to create humor and establish the tall-tale atmosphere of the story. Provide one s...
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Skyler is making cookies to donate to the bake sale at his local grocery store. He makes 23 of the cookies on a given night and has only enough time to decorate 14 of them. What is the fractional portion remaining that h...
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A solid rectangular block 0.100m×0.080m ×0.060m and float freely in a liquid of density 13546 kg/m³ if the depth of liquid is 0.45m up the block largest side find the density of the block
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Mark the statements which are correct. (Select all that apply.) 1 km = 10^5 mm 10^-3 kg = 10^3 mg 1 cm^3 = 10 mL 10^3 ms = 10^9 ns 10^9 pg = 10^12 fg
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