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Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding.The sound of mock hunting, hysterical laughter, and real terror came from the beach."Blow the conch, Ralph.”Piggy was so close that Ralph could see the glint of his one glass."There’s the fire. Can’t they see?”"You got to be tough now. Make 'em do what you want.”Ralph answered in the cautious voice of one who rehearses a theorem."If I blow the conch and they don’t come back, then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.”"If you don’t blow, we’ll soon be animals anyway. I can’t see what they’re doing but I can hear.”The dispersed figures had come together on the sand and were a dense black mass that revolved. They were chanting something and littluns that had had enough were staggering away, howling. Ralph raised the conch to his lips and then lowered it.

Which sentence provides the best hook for a presentation about energy conservation?

Read the passages from Lord of the Flies by William Golding.Passage 1"Things are breaking up. I don’t understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then—”He moved the conch gently, looking beyond them at nothing, remembering the beastie, the snake, the fire, the talk of fear."Then people started getting frightened.”A murmur, almost a moan, rose and passed away. Jack had stopped whittling. Ralph went on, abruptly."But that’s littluns’ talk. We’ll get that straight. So the last part, the bit we can all talk about, is kind of deciding on the fear.”The hair was creeping into his eyes again."We’ve got to talk about this fear and decide there’s nothing in it. I’m frightened myself, sometimes; only that’s nonsense! Like bogies. Then, when we’ve decided, we can start again and be careful about things like the fire.” A picture of three boys walking along the bright beach flitted through his mind. "And be happy.”Passage 2[Ralph said,] "The trouble is: Are there ghosts, Piggy? Or beasts?”"’Course there aren’t.”"Why not?”"’Cos things wouldn’t make sense. Houses an’ streets, an’—TV—they wouldn’t work.”The dancing, chanting boys had worked themselves away till their sound was nothing but a wordless rhythm."But s’pose they don’t make sense? Not here, on this island? Supposing things are watching us and waiting?”Ralph shuddered violently and moved closer to Piggy, so that they bumped frighteningly."You stop talking like that! We got enough trouble, Ralph, an’ I’ve had as much as I can stand. If there is ghosts—”

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.And the next moment, in a voice that was already fairly well under control, "Have you a graduated glass?” he [Hyde] asked.I rose from my place with something of an effort and gave him what he asked.He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders. The mixture, which was at first of a reddish hue, began, in proportion as the crystals melted, to brighten in colour, to effervesce audibly, and to throw off small fumes of vapour. Suddenly and at the same moment, the ebullition ceased and the compound changed to a dark purple, which faded again more slowly to a watery green. My visitor, who had watched these metamorphoses with a keen eye, smiled, set down the glass upon the table, and then turned and looked upon me with an air of scrutiny.

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Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding.Jack shouted so loudly that Ralph jumped."What? Where? Is it a ship?”But Jack was pointing to the high declivities that led down from the mountain to the flatter part of the island."Of course! They’ll lie up there—they must, when the sun’s too hot—”Ralph gazed bewildered at his rapt face."—they get up high. High up and in the shade, resting during the heat, like cows at home—”"I thought you saw a ship!”"We could steal up on one—paint our faces so they wouldn’t see—perhaps surround them and then—”Indignation took away Ralph’s control."I was talking about smoke! Don’t you want to be rescued? All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!”"But we want meat!”"And I work all day with nothing but Simon and you come back and don’t even notice the huts!”"I was working too—”"But you like it!” shouted Ralph. "You want to hunt! While I—”

How does Jekyll’s letter to Lanyon in the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde create suspense in the story?

What information would be the most important to include in a summary of the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.He [Hyde] turned a dreadful smile to me, and as if with the decision of despair, plucked away the sheet. At sight of the contents, he uttered one loud sob of such immense relief that I sat petrified. And the next moment, in a voice that was already fairly well under control, "Have you a graduated glass?” he asked.

Jekyll’s letter in the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reveals that

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Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Upon the reading of this letter, I made sure my colleague was insane; but till that was proved beyond the possibility of doubt, I felt bound to do as he requested. . . . I rose accordingly from table, got into a hansom, and drove straight to Jekyll’s house. The butler was awaiting my arrival; he had received by the same post as mine a registered letter of instruction, and had sent at once for a locksmith and a carpenter. The tradesmen came while we were yet speaking; and we moved in a body to old Dr. Denman’s surgical theatre, from which . . . Jekyll’s private cabinet is most conveniently entered. The door was very strong, the lock excellent; the carpenter avowed he would have great trouble and have to do much damage, if force were to be used; and the locksmith was near despair. But this last was a handy fellow, and after two hour’s work, the door stood open. . . . I took out the drawer, had it filled up with straw and tied in a sheet, and returned with it to Cavendish Square.

Which image is the best choice for persuading young adults to wear bicycle helmets?

Read this source of information.(1) American youth have school commitments and extracurricular activities. (2) Many also enjoy leisure activities, such as reading and playing video games. (3) The US Department of Agriculture recommends that young people ages 6–17 should engage in 60 minutes of physical activity each day. (4) The specific amount of activity needed for a healthy lifestyle depends on daily caloric intake.

What is the second step in summarizing plot events?

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."It is well," replied my visitor. "Lanyon, you remember your vows: what follows is under the seal of our profession. And now, you who have so long been bound to the most narrow and material views, you who have denied the virtue of transcendental medicine, you who have derided your superiors—behold!"He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp. A cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth . . .