Read the following paragraph: "I’ve voted in a bunch of elections since I turned 18. Sometimes I skipped a school board primary or congressional run-off, but I never missed a presidential vote. I cast my ballots more out of duty than a belief that my vote was actually important. With tens of thousands of people in my city and hundreds of millions in the country, I knew I didn’t have much impact. But then 2016 happened. The electoral college* and presidency came down to only 77,000 votes out of 130 million. That’s only 0.06%! Since then I’ve heard of state races won and lost by mere hundreds. One election even tied and was decided by a coin flip! You’d better believe I’m going to vote in every election from now on. Not because I should, but because my vote matters. "*I didn’t really understand what the electoral college was before 2016. In the U.S., presidents aren’t elected by the nationwide vote total, but by electoral votes. Each state gets as many electors as it has members of Congress. Together, all the electors (there are 538 in all) are called the electoral college. The electoral college meets after the people vote and chooses the president. Most states require all of their electors to pick the candidate who won the state no matter how close the vote. Because of this indirect process, a person can lose the popular vote but win the electoral vote and become president. That’s crazy!" What is the implied main idea of this reading?

Answer:

Most people don't know about the electoral college.

Explanation:

As the author says, he votes since it's his civic obligation to do so, but he has no idea whether or not his vote is really counted. After a series of votes, he finally realized the electoral college in the 2016 elections. Even though this person was a dedicated voter, they had no idea what the electoral college was.

11. What is the meaning of meretricious as it is used in this sentence from "The Gift of the Magi"?

It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its vale by
substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation
as all good things should do.

A. showy and vulgar
B. fashionable and glitzy
C. low-quality and cheap
D. ridiculous and exaggerated

What kinds of things appear on an editing checklist?
instructions for using a dictionary to correct spelling
tips for typing up your report so it looks professional
questions that help you look for grammar and spelling mistakes

Which statement best expresses a main theme of the poem? “Words are birds” 1. Words bring ideas from many different places. 2. Words sometimes fail us when we need them the most. 3. Words that are challenging to understand exist across the world. 4. Words that are written down show as much feelings as spoken words.

1. I'm afraid I can't afford that much. Would you be prepared _____ the price if I pay cash

Laura’s homework assignment requires her to write a passage about a fisherman using direct characterization. What should Laura do to satisfy the requirements of the assignment? Convey what kind of personality the fisherman has through descriptions of his appearance. Describe the fisherman’s actions in a way that suggests to the reader what kind of person he is. Write a conversation between two characters discussing the fisherman’s personality. Express the fisherman’s personality through the way he speaks.

What’s the answer?????

Summary of the book "Hunger Games?" 7-8 sentences.

Question 12 of 15 Which example best shows how a speech can be interactive? A. Simon fills his speech with as many jokes as he can because humor is his strong point. O B. Beatriz decides to speak as slowly as she can to make sure her audience can understand every word. O C. Adele forgets to change her voice's pitch when she reaches her most important points, and her audience gets bored. D. Nathan asks audience members if they have any questions following his speech, and a few raise their hands. song SUBMIT​

How do the words used to describe Akron contribute to the poem's theme?
A. They emphasize how Akron can be a new home to the speaker.
B. They portray Akron as offering protection and safety to the speaker.
C. They depict Akron as providing the speaker with much-needed
entertainment.
D. They describe Akron taking on an unexpected beauty to the speaker.

In technical writing, only use abbreviations
your readers will understand or that you
define. Which of the following is the correct
way to define an abbreviation?
A. The International Grocers Association (IGA) was a powerful
force in the grocery industry.
B. The IGA (International Grocery Association) was a powerful
force in the grocery industry.
C. The IGA was a powerful force in the grocery industry.

Read the sentence below and answer the following question:

After finishing the race in first place, Anna felt flushed with success.

In this context, what does the phrase flushed with success mean?

What is meaning of the word loathsome as it is used in paragraph 8? Group of answer choices aggravating adorable loving repulsive

Rewrite this passage using the present perfect form. I went to a welcome day at my new school. I put my name down for the netball team, and Jon joined the art club. We spoke to our new teacher​

Match the example with the poetic device. 1 . personification 1 Mr. Intzy was a mouse when it came to being in front of an audience. 2 . metaphor 2 The empty page stared at me, daring me to write on it. 3 . repetition of words 3 Snip, snip, snip went the barber's scissors. 4 . simile 5 The hiss of a snake startled me. 5 . imitation of sounds 4 His head was spinning like a top.


Please hurry its a test :(

a defensive driver is a driver who is______- to potentially dangerous conditions around them at all times

Which of the following statements most accurately describes theme?

A text can have only one theme.

B The theme is about what readers learn.

C Theme is the subject of the story.

D Theme should be stated in a sentence.

11. In "Work Without Hope," Coleridge uses a couplet to emphasize
A his idea that all things in nature are busily working.
B his description of how after the winter's end comes spring.
С Chis main idea that Hope is necessary for success.
D his theme that everyone can find a task in the workplace of Nature.

What is the setting of The Echoing Green?

Amelia Earhart's birth was in 1897.
She lived in Kansas as a child.
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Complete the story. One day when I woke up in the morning, I heard some some strange sounds coming from my backyard. When I went there to check, I saw a huge dinosaur standing in my backyard _____________________________________

The Outsiders, Stereotypes.

Write some books that you like to read. Any genre is fine. Person who writes most books gets brainlest

this is ....... expensive place to live in(a,an,the)​

Lady Bracknell. [Sitting down again.] A moment, Mr. Worthing. A hundred and thirty thousand pounds! And in the Funds! Miss Cardew seems to me a most attractive young lady, now that I look at her. Few girls of the present day have any really solid qualities, any of the qualities that last, and improve with time. We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces. [To Cecily.] Come over here, dear. [Cecily goes across.] Pretty child! your dress is sadly simple, and your hair seems almost as Nature might have left it. But we can soon alter all that. A thoroughly experienced French maid produces a really marvellous result in a very brief space of time. I remember recommending one to young Lady Lancing, and after three months her own husband did not know her.

Jack. And after six months nobody knew her.

Lady Bracknell. [Glares at Jack for a few moments. Then bends, with a practised smile, to Cecily.] Kindly turn round, sweet child. [Cecily turns completely round.] No, the side view is what I want. [Cecily presents her profile.] Yes, quite as I expected. There are distinct social possibilities in your profile. The two weak points in our age are its want of principle and its want of profile. The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present. Algernon!

Algernon. Yes, Aunt Augusta!

Lady Bracknell. There are distinct social possibilities in Miss Cardew’s profile.

Algernon. Cecily is the sweetest, dearest, prettiest girl in the whole world. And I don’t care twopence about social possibilities.

Lady Bracknell. Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that. [To Cecily.] Dear child, of course you know that Algernon has nothing but his debts to depend upon. But I do not approve of mercenary marriages. When I married Lord Bracknell I had no fortune of any kind. But I never dreamed for a moment of allowing that to stand in my way. Well, I suppose I must give my consent.

Algernon. Thank you, Aunt Augusta.

Lady Bracknell. Cecily, you may kiss me!

Cecily. [Kisses her.] Thank you, Lady Bracknell.

Lady Bracknell. You may also address me as Aunt Augusta for the future.

Cecily. Thank you, Aunt Augusta.

Lady Bracknell. The marriage, I think, had better take place quite soon.

Algernon. Thank you, Aunt Augusta.

Cecily. Thank you, Aunt Augusta.

Lady Bracknell. To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

Jack. I beg your pardon for interrupting you, Lady Bracknell, but this engagement is quite out of the question. I am Miss Cardew’s guardian, and she cannot marry without my consent until she comes of age. That consent I absolutely decline to give.

Lady Bracknell. Upon what grounds may I ask? Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man. He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire?

Jack. It pains me very much to have to speak frankly to you, Lady Bracknell, about your nephew, but the fact is that I do not approve at all of his moral character. I suspect him of being untruthful. [Algernon and Cecily look at him in indignant amazement.]

Lady Bracknell. Untruthful! My nephew Algernon? Impossible! He is an Oxonian.

Jack. I fear there can be no possible doubt about the matter. This afternoon during my temporary absence in London on an important question of romance, he obtained admission to my house by means of the false pretense of being my brother. Under an assumed name he … stayed to tea, and devoured every single muffin. And what makes his conduct all the more heartless is, that he was perfectly well aware from the first that I have no brother, that I never had a brother, and that I don’t intend to have a brother, not even of any kind. I distinctly told him so myself yesterday afternoon.

Lady Bracknell. Ahem! Mr. Worthing, after careful consideration I have decided entirely to overlook my nephew’s conduct to you.

Jack. That is very generous of you, Lady Bracknell. My own decision, however, is unalterable. I decline to give my consent.

Part A
In The Importance of Being Earnest, which type of character is Lady Bracknell?

round
dynamic
static
flat

Question 2
Part B

What is Lady Bracknell's role in the play?

She is complex and makes an impression on the reader.
She one dimensional and serves to support the main character.
She is the most undeveloped of all the characters.
Her behavior changes by the end of the play.

Make a short story 750-1000 words about anything

What tool most likely made the most crucial contribution to the system of apartheid

4.11 In "The Man I Killed," Tim O'Brien describes
the story of the Vietnamese man he killed. He
gives details about this man's life, hopes,
dreams, fears, etc. But there is no way Tim could
have known these details. Why do you think Tim
O'Brien creates a life for the man he killed?
Explain your reasoning.

WILL GIVE BRAINIEST!!! PLEASE HELP!

Write a complete paragraph of this following prompt. Make sure to include a topic sentence, specific supporting details, and a concluding sentence. The paragraph should be at least 5 sentences long.
“Is there a certain celebrity or famous person you admire, or that you would like to be like? What is it about them that you admire? Why do you want to be like them?”

a. Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
b. Mining
C. Manufacturing
d. Information Services
Please select the best answer from the choices provided
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D

What opening event adds suspense to the marrow thieves?