Read the introduction.Vegetables are important sources of vitamins and fiber. Carrots are rich in vitamin A, broccoli is loaded with vitamin C, and corn is a fabulous source of fiber. Many suggest these choices are not as tempting as a side of fries, but they are infinitely better for our bodies.
According to The Evolution of Useful Things, what caused the popularity of Post-it notes?
Read the paragraph.1Everyone has goals. 2Whether they are things one can achieve in a day or hopes for one's life, goals keep us moving and growing. 3Daily goals are usually easy to accomplish. 4Getting to school on time, for example, does not take a lot of effort. 5Graduating, on the other hand, is a long-term goal that takes time and dedication to achieve.
Which statement would best serve as a claim for an argument?
In Monster, how does looking at the trial from a different perspective most likely help Steve Harmon?
In a drama script, stage directions are provided in order to
Which excerpt from Last Lecture supports the idea that one can benefit from helping people?
Read the excerpt from Monster.We see STEVE stand shakily and head back to the defense table. He looks out onto the onlookers and sees his parents. His MOTHER forces a smile and his FATHER makes a fist and nods emphatically. We see STEVE sit down, start to pick up a glass of water, and have to put it down because his hand is shaking so badly.
Read the claim and counterclaim.My sister’s dream is to become a makeup artist, and I believe she will excel at it because of her talent and motivation. Some people might think that makeup artistry is a fantasy career. However, there are actually many opportunities in this field; for example, makeup artists are in demand for film, television, commercials, the fashion industry, theater, and weddings.
Read the excerpt from Monster.PETROCELLIWell, if you don’t know exactly where you were, can you tell me anyone who might know where you were?STEVEI don’t even remember where I was. When the detectives asked me where I was, I couldn’t even remember the day they were talking about. They didn’t ask me about it until weeks later.
Based on information in The Evolution of Useful Things, what prompted the creation of waterproof sandpaper?
Read the sentences from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.And if you’re curious about what zero gravity looks like, hopefully the sound will be working here. [slide shows videotape from Randy’s zero gravity experience] There I am. [laughter] You do pay the piper at the bottom. [laugher, as the people in the video crash to the floor of the plane on the video] So, childhood dream number one, check.
Which sentence contains a gerund?
Read the excerpt from Homecoming.With her brothers and sisters near, with the two youngest asleep in the back seat, sitting as they were in a cocoon of darkness, she should feel safe. But she didn't. Though it was standing still, the car seemed to be flying down a highway, going too fast. Even the dark inside of it was not deep enough to hide them. Faces might appear in the windows at any time, asking angry questions.
Read the excerpt from Homecoming.At half-past eight, Dicey herded everybody back into the mall, to use the bathrooms they had found earlier. Later, Sammy and Maybeth fell asleep easily, curled up along the back seat. James moved up to the front with Dicey. Dicey couldn't see how they were both to sleep in the front seat, but she supposed they would manage it. James sat stiffly, gripping the wheel. James had a narrow head and sharp features, a nose that pointed out, pencil-thin eyebrows, a narrow chin. Dicey studied him in the darkening car. They were parked so far from the nearest lamppost that they were in deep shadows.With her brothers and sisters near, with the two youngest asleep in the back seat, sitting as they were in a cocoon of darkness, she should feel safe. But she didn't. Though it was standing still, the car seemed to be flying down a highway, going too fast. Even the dark inside of it was not deep enough to hide them. Faces might appear in the windows at any time, asking angry questions.
Read the excerpt from Homecoming."Listen, I’m going to go to a phone and see where the bus station is and call them up to find out how much tickets cost. You lay low.”"Why?”Dicey decided to tell him the truth. "Just in case. I mean, three kids in a car in a parking lot at night . . . See, James, I think we’ve got to get to Bridgeport and I just don’t know what would happen if a policeman saw us. Foster homes or something, I dunno. I don’t want to risk it. But one kid . . . and I’m pretty old so it doesn’t look funny.”
Read the excerpt from "Ellis Island."For 62 years, some 12 million people passed through Ellis Island for the promise of a better life in America. They came on huge steamships, the majority from Eastern Europe and Italy, the rest from other corners of the world: Lebanon, Cyprus, China, Jamaica, and numerous other places. Many had left their homelands to escape poverty, while others had fled religious persecution or war.
Read the excerpt from "Ellis Island.""We lived there for three days—Mother and we five children, the youngest of whom was three years old,” recalled Angelo Pellegrini, whose family moved from Italy when he was 10. "Because of the rigorous physical examination that we had to submit to, particularly of the eyes, there was this terrible anxiety that one of us might be rejected. And if one of us was, what would the rest of the family do?”Along with everyone else, Angelo’s family was examined for contagious diseases, such as chicken pox, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, and tuberculosis. If an illness could be treated, the sick were hospitalized on the island. About 2 percent were sent back to where they came from.
In "Ellis Island,” the author mentions medical inspections. Which central idea does this detail best support?
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