2. Write a description in 3–5 paragraphs of prose about a place, object, or experience. Use showing language to describe the details; use telling language to inform the reader about the basic situation. Make sure the writing refers to at least three senses. Your goal is to make the reader see, hear, touch, taste, or smell the thing you are describing.

Answer:

An Excerpt from “Optimism”

by Helen Keller

1 Could we choose our environment, and were desire in human undertakings synonymous with

endowment, all men would, I suppose, be optimists. Certainly most of us regard happiness as

the proper end of all earthly enterprise. The will to be happy animates alike the philosopher, the

prince and the chimney-sweep. No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels

that happiness is his indisputable right.

2 It is curious to observe what different ideals of happiness people cherish, and in what singular

places they look for this well-spring of their life. Many look for it in the hoarding of riches, some

in the pride of power, and others in the achievements of art and literature; a few seek it in the

exploration of their own minds, or in the search for knowledge.

3 Most people measure their happiness in terms of physical pleasure and material possession.

Could they win some visible goal which they have set on the horizon, how happy they would be!

Lacking this gift or that circumstance, they would be miserable. If happiness is to be so

measured, I who cannot hear or see have every reason to sit in a corner with folded hands and

weep. If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so

thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life,—if, in short, I am an optimist, my testimony to

the creed of optimism is worth hearing....

4 Once I knew the depth where no hope was, and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then

love came and set my soul free. Once I knew only darkness and stillness. Now I know hope and

joy. Once I fretted and beat myself against the wall that shut me in. Now I rejoice in the

consciousness that I can think, act and attain heaven. My life was without past or future; death,

the pessimist would say, “a consummation devoutly to be wished.” But a little word from the

fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the

rapture of living. Night fled before the day of thought, and love and joy and hope came up in a

passion of obedience to knowledge. Can anyone who has escaped such captivity, who has felt

the thrill and glory of freedom, be a pessimist?

5 My early experience was thus a leap from bad to good. If I tried, I could not check the

momentum of my first leap out of the dark; to move breast forward is a habit learned suddenly

at that first moment of release and rush into the light. With the first word I used intelligently, I

learned to live, to think, to hope. Darkness cannot shut me in again. I have had a glimpse of the

shore, and can now live by the hope of reaching it.

6 So my optimism is no mild and unreasoning satisfaction. A poet once said I must be happy

because I did not see the bare, cold present, but lived in a beautiful dream. I do live in a

beautiful dream; but that dream is the actual, the present,—not cold, but warm; not bare, but

furnished with a thousand blessings. The very evil which the poet supposed would be a cruel

6) Read the last sentence from the text.

Only by contact with evil could I have learned to feel by contrast the beauty of truth and love and goodness.

Explain how Helen Keller develops this idea in the text. Use specific details to

support your answer.

What happens to Fortunato in the end?

Why does Meg get upset when she and Calvin are talking after dinner in Chapter 3?Why does Meg get upset when she and Calvin are talking after dinner in Chapter 3?

Would life have meaning if it didn't come to an end? ELaborate.

What specific arguments and rhetorical devices does Dahl use to assert his position​

Explain the rhyming couplet in your own words.

Is it important to follow the news about the situation in the world? (For & Against essay, 1st paragraph Introduction, 2nd paragraph Main body 2-3 advantages, 3th paragraph 2-3 disadvantages, 4th paragraph ending - your opinion about the current news, is it important to follow and know the situation of the world currently?), 300 words.

What color does brown purple green blue orange yellow and white a bunch of white make?
Which sounds better?
A. I love to eat ice cream
B. i love to eat ice cream?
C. I love to eat icecream!​

Which is the best definition of indirect characterization?
1. clues a writer leaves that tell you about a character's personality
2.clues a writer leaves that hint at what is going to happen next
3. a description of a character's appearance and personality
4. sentences that include a character's main traits

help pllsssss I from spain​

Read this excerpt from “Poor Harold.”

A room in Washington Square South. By the light of a candle, a young man in tousled hair and dressing gown is writing furiously at a little table. A clock within strikes seven.

A door at the back opens, and a young woman looks in, sleepily. She frowns. The young man looks up guiltily.

SHE. What are you doing?

HE. (innocently) Writing.

SHE. So I see. (She comes in, and sits down. It may be remarked that a woman's morning appearance, in dishabille, is a severe test of both looks and character; she passes that test triumphantly. She looks at the young man, and asks) – Poetry?

HE. (hesitatingly) No. . . .

SHE. (continues to look inquiry).

HE. (finally) A letter. . . .

SHE. (inflexibly) – To whom?

HE. (defiantly) To my wife!

SHE. Oh! That's all right. I thought perhaps you were writing to your father.

HE. (bitterly) My father! Why should I write to my father? Isn't it enough that I have broken his heart and brought disgrace upon him in his old age –

SHE. Disgrace? Nonsense! Anybody might be named as a co-respondent in a divorce case.

HE. Not in Evanston, Illinois. Not when you are the local feature of a notorious Chicago scandal. Not when your letters to the lady are published in the newspapers. – Oh, those letters!

SHE. Were they such incriminating letters, Harold?

HAROLD. Incriminating? How can you ask that, Isabel? They were perfectly innocent letters, such as any gentleman poet might write to any lady poetess. How was I to know that a rather plain-featured woman I sat next to at a Poetry Dinner in Chicago was conducting a dozen love-affairs? How was I to know that my expressions of literary regard would look like love-letters to her long-suffering husband? That's the irony of it: I'm perfectly blameless.


Answers:
Which excerpt uses direct characterization?

The young man looks up guiltily_.
HE. (hesitatingly) No. . . .
HE. (defiantly) To my wife!
That's the irony of it: I'm perfectly blameless.

What was the context clue that helped you figure out the meaning of resolve?

A.
A word meaning the opposite was used in the sentence.

B.
The writer restated the meaning with a clue word.

C.
The writer was talking about his mom.

D.
The prefix re- means “again.”

What is Line? 1 point o a. A Mark that returns to itself and becomes enclosed b. A mark on a surface usually created by a pen, pencil, or brush. O c. The visual sensation dependent on the reflection or absorption of light from a given surface. d. two---dimensional area or plane can be free form or geometric.​

When looking at an illustration of the seasons the dark portion of the earth represents what? Hint- it is not a season!​

How did Huck save the life of The Willow Douglas? In Tom Sawyer.

structure Adrew Jackson's letter

write an essay of your plan how you will survive if you are in an hijacked plane​

When August rushed home, she wasn't sure what she was going to find. The school let out because the storm was arriving, and it didn't have a cellar big enough to hold all the students of Nopali School. Since most of them lived nearby, the school allowed them to go home before the storm hit. The students' cheers and whistles could be heard over the thunder and whirring winds that whipped through the schoolyard. August, for just one second, watched them all cheer in glee and wanted so much to join them, but instead, she began running.
As August ran home, she could feel every step in her lungs. It felt like a hundred little lightning bolts shooting down her mouth and into her chest. She wanted to stop. She wanted to catch her breath. She even wanted to turn around to see if the clouds were chasing her down, but all she could think about was her family and her dog Mutton. She wanted to get to them desperately and hoped to see an abandoned house with all of them in the cellar in the backyard.
Behind her, the wind whipped up every bit of gravel and dust into the air. The dust and debris filled the air and clouded the air like cream being stirred into a cup of black coffee. The sky looked like an antique picture. The once blue sky was now a sepia tone that August had only seen in old pictures. It was beautiful in a way, like some sort of painting.
The only problem with tornadoes was that in addition to all of the beauty they painted in the sky, they also brought about destruction. In fact, August's school had been rebuilt twice because tornadoes had brought it down twice in the last 5 years.
August remembered the desks splintered into two, looking like broken bones, the brass bell twisted and tangled like a ball of twine, the roof with holes the size of tractors. She knew first-hand how a tornado could bend a town until it broke. This knowledge is what kept her running. This knowledge is what made it easy to forget about the lightning in her lungs.
Which words best describe the mood of the story?

A. unpleasant and angry
B. relieved and relaxed
C. happy and excited
D. anxious and fearful

Which sentence describes part of a story's setting?
Please help me

What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand?

the creation of a wealthy merchant ________________ and a
thriving ___________________ class.

Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct forms

14. Tom (go)___________ to work at 8 every day.

15. We (watch) ___________ a film tonight. Do you want to go with us?

16. Listen! (They/sing) ___________________ ?

17. I (not have) ____________________ lessons on Sunday.

Find and correct the mistakes.

18. We have dinner right now. ___________________

A B C D

19. The girls are skiping in the playground. ___________________

A B C D

20. My mother get up at 6 o’clock and has breakfast at 7 o’clock. ___________________

A B C D

Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.

21. Alisa is so__________. She talks too much in class. (talk)

22. Do you help your __________________ with their homework at break time? (class)

23. I’m __________________ about the book she is writing. (curiosity)

24. "There are dirty clothes and toys on the floor." - "It's ___________________. Tidy your room now!" (mess)

Which sentence BEST states the central idea of the first paragraph of "Roller Coaster Physics"?

A. Potential energy is created by the lift hill.

B. Gravity is the force that makes roller coasters possible.

C. Kinetic and potential energy work together to power roller coasters.

D. Potential energy builds as a train car goes up the lift hill, while gravity pulls a train car down the tracks.

Since they learned that cigarettes cause cancer, many people have stopped smoking.
……………………………………………………………………………………

Highlight the adverb.
Gumball Watterson will finish his novel eventually.

Which sentence in this body paragraph is most clearly the concluding sentence?

(1) The first character that supports Sophocles's warning about being stubborn is Antigone. (2) She must decide whether she will follow religious laws or the laws of the king. (3) When the king makes a law that declares her brother will not get a proper burial, she decides to go against the order and give her brother a burial anyway. As a result, the king is angry and sentences her to death. (4) So, her stubbornness is harmful to her.
A. Sentence 2
B. Sentence 4
C. Sentence 3
D. Sentence 1

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This sonnet is a parody of the Petrarchan sonnet, where was common to compare their beloved to flowers, goddesses and other beautiful elements of nature. How has Shakespeare used techniques to parody these overly-exaggerated love poems? 5 marks

How does katagiri react to the giant frog in his apartment

which sentence contains the strongest example of imagery? it was a cold and windy night. the sky was dark and empty. stars shimmered in the sky like a sea of tiny candles. i felt very alone as i looked out at the night and shivered.

日 what language feature is "it seized the frail Craft (line 13) an example of ?
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How does the author develop his central idea throughout the course of the text? Article: On Disability Rights
A. Through a description of his childhood and how his brother was his inspiration
to keep overcoming obstacles.
B. Through personal anecdotes that reveal the power of disability activists and the
progress they’ve made over decades
C. By showing how people with disabilities have slowly lost rights over time.
D. By discussing how people with disabilities should be taken care of by the
government.