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Read the sentence.While we could never prove it, we suspected him of duplicity, so we were never able to fully trust him despite his numerous good deeds.

Which phrases include sensory language? Select three answers.the breeze last nightthe softly drifting snowthe bumpy, twisted treethe newly bought carthe rabbit next doorthe scarred, stained rug

Which reason best explains why "The Beginnings of the Maasai” can be classified as a myth?

An author has successfully created a suspenseful sequence of events when the reader asks which question?

What element of a myth is featured in the title "The Beginnings of the Maasai”?

What is the first step in summarizing a plot?

Read the sentence.While we could never prove it, we suspected him of duplicity, so we were never able to fully trust him despite his numerous good deeds.

Read the excerpt from The Metamorphoses by Ovid.Soon as they reached the steps of the temple, each of them fell prostrate on the ground, and, trembling, gave kisses to the cold pavement. And thus they said:". . . Give thy assistance, O most gentle Goddess to our ruined fortunes.” The Goddess was moved, and gave this response: "Depart from my temple. . . and throw behind your backs the bones of your great mother.”Read the excerpt from the adaptation "The Flood” by James Baldwin.While they were talking and trying to think what they should do, they heard a voice behind them. They turned and saw a noble young prince standing on one of the rocks above them. He was very tall, with blue eyes and yellow hair. There were wings on his shoes and on his cap, and in his hands he bore a staff with golden serpents twined around it. They knew at once that he was Mercury, the swift messenger of the Mighty Ones, and they waited to hear what he would say.

Read the passage from "The Beginnings of the Maasai.”In the very beginning of the world, Enkai was the only god: the guardian of rain, fertility, sun, and love. With that love, Enkai birthed three sons who became the Fathers of the three tribes. Enkai gave each tribe a gift to help them succeed in their new home. Upon the Father of the Kikuyu, Enkai bestowed a hoe to cultivate the plains. To the Father of the Kamba, Enkai gifted a bow and arrow so his people could hunt wild animals in the forests and plains. To my father, Neiterkob, the Father of the Maasai, Enkai gave a stick.

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By studying the suffix of "fallacy,” a reader can conclude it means

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Read the excerpt from "The Flood” by James Baldwin.After that, it was only a short time until the whole country was laid bare, and the trees shook their leafy branches in the wind, and the fields were carpeted with grass and flowers more beautiful than in the days before the flood.But Deucalion and Pyrrha were very sad, for they knew that they were the only persons who were left alive in all the land. At last they started to walk down the mountain side towards the plain, wondering what would become of them now, all alone as they were in the wide world. . . ."We should like, above all things,” said Deucalion [to Mercury], "to see this land full of people once more; for without neighbors and friends, the world is a very lonely place indeed.”

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Read the excerpt from "The Flood” by James Baldwin."What did he mean?” asked Pyrrha."Surely I do not know,” said Deucalion. "But let us think a moment. Who is our mother, if it is not the Earth, from whom all living things have sprung? And yet what could he mean by the bones of our mother?”"Perhaps he meant the stones of the earth,” said Pyrrha. "Let us go on down the mountain, and as we go, let us pick up the stones in our path and throw them over our shoulders behind us.”"It is rather a silly thing to do,” said Deucalion; "and yet there can be no harm in it, and we shall see what will happen.”And so they walked on, down the steep slope of Mount Parnassus, and as they walked they picked up the loose stones in their way and cast them over their shoulders; and strange to say, the stones which Deucalion threw sprang up as full-grown men, strong, and handsome, and brave; and the stones which Pyrrha threw sprang up as full-grown women, lovely and fair. When at last they reached the plain they found themselves at the head of a noble company of human beings, all eager to serve them.Read the excerpt from "Deucalion and Pyrrha” by Carla Nappi.The man and the woman found themselves in a library. And they began opening the books. They scooped out phrases like small stones and threw them out the window. As each one landed on the ground or in the water, or as it took flight, it grew into a being that could inhabit this new world and populate its then, its now, and its to-come.

Read the excerpt from The Metamorphoses by Ovid.The Goddess was moved, and gave this response: "Depart from my temple . . . and throw behind your backs the bones of your great mother.” For a long time they are amazed; and Pyrrha . . . refuses to obey the commands of the Goddess; and begs her, with trembling lips, to grant her pardon, and dreads to offend the shades of her mother by casting her bones. In the meantime they reconsider the words of the response given, but involved in dark obscurity. . . . [Deucalion] soothes [Pyrrha] with these gentle words, and says, ". . . The oracles are just, and advise no sacrilege. The earth is the great mother; I suspect that the stones in the body of the earth are the bones meant; these we are ordered to throw behind our backs.”Read the excerpt from the adaptation "The Flood” by James Baldwin."Go on down the mountain,” said Mercury, "and as you go, cast the bones of your mother over your shoulders behind you;” and, with these words, he leaped into the air and was seen no more."What did he mean?” asked Pyrrha."Surely I do not know,” said Deucalion. "But let us think a moment. Who is our mother, if it is not the Earth, from whom all living things have sprung? And yet what could he mean by the bones of our mother?”"Perhaps he meant the stones of the earth,” said Pyrrha. "Let us go on down the mountain, and as we go, let us pick up the stones in our path and throw them over our shoulders behind us.”

Read the sentence.I was telling my dad about how much I like starting a new notebook.

Based on the prefix, the word "extricate” most likely means

Read the passage from Perseus."Your child!” Acrisius cried in great anger. "Who is his father?”But when Danaë answered proudly, "Zeus,” he would not believe her.

Read the passage from "Cruel Tribute.”Then every maiden, without looking, reached her hand into one of the vessels and drew forth a ball, and those who took the black balls were borne away to the black ship, which lay in waiting by the shore. The young men also drew lots in like manner, but when six black balls had been drawn Theseus came quickly forward and said:"Hold! Let no more balls be drawn. I will be the seventh youth to pay this tribute.”