A Formidable Hunter
I remember well the great horned owl that sat on the windowsill of my kindergarten classroom. It was stuffed, of course, but quite imposing nonetheless. This grand specimen was nearly two feet long — with brown, white and rusty red feathers. Its yellow eyes were large and perfectly round, giving it a wise look. Its talons were thick and sharp, and on its brow two curved feathers stuck up, looking just like two horns. I got the impression that this bird was a great hunter.

Of the 145 species of owl, the great horned is the largest. Owls live in most parts of the world, ranging from tropical to subarctic climates. The elf owl is the smallest at only six inches, but no matter what their size, all owls are good hunters. They hunt under cover of night, so their prey can't see them. Unlike other birds, owls have large, soft feathers that allow them to fly without making noise, which also makes them good predators. Farmers like owls because they keep pests such as mice, voles, rats and even rabbits from their crops and stores of grain. And they have hearty appetites. Henry Williamson, a farmer in England, had eleven barn owls on his farm. He kept careful watch on their hunting habits and was astounded to find that together they ate 150 mice each night! While farmers may be grateful to owls, owners of cats and small dogs should beware: owls have been known to pluck up small pets that unknowingly wander into the birds' hunting zones.


Select the correct answer.
Why might it be difficult to keep an owl as a pet?

A.
Owls need to eat a lot of fresh mice daily.
B.
Owl feathers need a great deal of care.
C.
Owls need to live in subarctic temperatures.
D.
Owls need to sleep during the day.

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Answer 1

Answer:

Owls need to eat a lot of fresh mice daily.

Explanation:

It doesn't say that they NEED a lot of mice, but it did say that was their diet and they are known to eat small animals that cross their path. This is the only option that makes sense.

Answer 2

According to the given excerpt, it is difficult to keep an owl as a pet because Owls need to eat a lot of fresh mice daily. Thus, option A is correct.

What is predators ?

In a biological interaction known as predation, one organism—the predator—kills and consumes another—its prey. It belongs to a group of widespread feeding strategies that also includes parasitism, micropredation, and parasitism.

Being an effective predator indicates that owls have certain abilities and strategies that they employ to successfully catch their prey.

The sample indicates that it is challenging to keep an owl as a pet, since they require a lot of fresh mice to eat every day. Therefore, choice A is correct.

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What does a sermon usually contain?
A. A complaint

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I think there was supposed to be a,b,c,d but I think it’s supposed to contain scriptural

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Biblical, scriptural, or theological.

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Find a quote from chapter three that foreshadows Ponyboy
and Johnny's experience in the burning church.

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What's the name of the story?

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What is the three adjectives for the luggage was heavy and bulky so I struggle to put through the crowded airport

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Answer:

Big

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Answer:

Heavy,Bulky & Crowded

These are the only adj. present in this sentence.

2,i am accustomed to _____ English.
A,read B,reading C,have reading D be reading ​

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Answer:

read

Explanation:

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Answer: I am accustomed to reading English.

Explanation: The answer is B because when you say all the others it just doesn't make sense.

Explain the history of the holiday (hanukkah). How did
it get started? (2-3 sentences)

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Answer:

anukkah means “dedication” in Hebrew. The eight-day holiday celebrates the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem after it was retaken by the Maccabees, a group of Jewish warriors, from the Greeks in the 2nd century BCE, as explained by Tablet magazine

Explanation:

By 164 BCE, the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid monarchy was successful. The Temple was liberated and rededicated. The festival of Hanukkah was instituted to celebrate this event. Judah ordered the Temple to be cleansed, a new altar to be built in place of the polluted one and new holy vessels to be made.

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Based on this excerpt from “Let Sleeping Dogs Lie,” the reader can infer that _____.

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in the passage it said that he couldnt count without his glasses on concluding that he couldnt see well to begin with without his glasses. So if he was going to do the test and base on the evidence he couldnt  have passed the test without his glasses because he couldnt see

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It is better to ignore a problem because trying to deal with it could cause an even more difficult situation.

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what is the power of writing in sonnet 18​

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Answer: Writing holds the power to immortalize a writer forever.

Explanation:

Shakespeare starts this poem by addressing someone he deems "more lovely and more temperate” than summer. Summer is portrayed as "too short a date,” meaning its beauty is fading, while the beauty of whoever is being addressed “shall not fade.”

Shakespeare is revealed to be addressing the poem itself when he writes:

“When it eternal lines to time thou grow’st.” Furthermore, he highlights the power writing has to provide a cultural legacy when he claims “So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”

Which sentence would most likely be found in a cause-and-effect text?
O The US quarter is a popular coin that comes in many varieties.
O By saving money over time, kids can afford big purchases.
O Coin collecting is a popular hobby for people of all ages.
O The Lincoln penny was the first example of a presidential coin.

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Answer:

By saving money over time, kids can afford big purchases.

Explanation:

Cause: saving money

Effect: kids can afford big purchases

Answer:

Its B

Explanation:

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the word 'reporter' literally means...

a: to carry back
b: a person who carries back
c: to carry forward
d: the act of carrying

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Answer:

B.

Explanation:

A reporter is a person that carries back information.

All the other choices do not mention a person.

Which of the following changes to U.S. domestic policies emerged in response to U.S.
involvement in WWI? *

A. The government took a more active role regulating and promoting business interests.

B. Labor unions' power grew as the war increased the demand for labor while decreasing the supply

C. State governments enforced strict limits on minority employment to protect white men's jobs.

D. Americans became more committed to isolating the country from foreign conflicts.

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Answer:

A

Explanation:

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Answer: A.. the correct answer is A

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What is the tone of this sentence from “The Oldest and Youngest Places on Earth”?

It is unknown whether the earth's youngest island will last for long, but it has already exceeded expectations.


skeptical

optimistic

puzzled

neutral

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Answer:

neutral

Explanation:

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Answer:

The correct answer is B) Optimistic

Alice is writing a review for the recent production of Shakespeare's As You Like It at her college. Alice is known for her humorous and satirical tone in her reviews. Read the introduction paragraph.
William Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It was recently performed here at our college by a group of student actors and actresses. While the plot is intended to be a comedy, the audience was laughing for all the wrong reasons. Missed lines, costume malfunctions, and props falling apart had the audience incredibly amused. This slapstick rendition of a Shakespearean comedy gets slapped with a "dislike" from this reviewer.
Which revision will best help Alice achieve a humorous tone?
Remove the following statement:
This slapstick rendition of a Shakespearean comedy gets slapped with a "dislike" from this reviewer.
Revise the first sentence--"William Shakespeare's comedy
As You Like It was recently performed here at our college by a group of student actors and actresses."--to have more compelling opening.
Give more background on the play.

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Beaches monitored in 2010 continued to experience lingering impacts from hurricanes Katrina, Rita (August and September 2005, respectively), and Gustav and Ike (September 2008). Use of Cameron Parish Beaches remained below pre-storm levels, although they are slowly recovering as the area is rebuilt, and Hackberry Beach remained inaccessible. Although Louisiana experienced no direct hurricane impacts during 2010, the oil spill that resulted from the April 20, 2010, explosion on the BP leased Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling platform affected most coastal beaches on the eastern half of the state. Oil flowed from the damaged well for three months following the explosion until it was capped on July 15, 2010, although closures at some beaches continued through the end of the swimming season due to persistent oil fouling and the presence of cleanup crews. Use at the remaining beaches during 2010 was at approximately historic levels.

In Act I of The Crucible, why does Reverend Parris seek help for Betty from Reverend Hale?

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Answer:

In Act I of The Crucible, why does Reverend Parris seek help for Betty from Reverend Hale? He believes the illness is a result of supernatural causes. In Act I of The Crucible, the nature of the relationship between John Proctor and Abigail is revealed.

Explanation:

Pygmalion Discussion Questions - Act III

Contemplate the significance of Higgins’s reaction to the landscape outside his mother’s window and what it says about his character. Compare the settings of their two homes as described by the author and reflect on the subsequent character traits those settings would indicate.

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Answer and Explanation:

Higgins' reaction to the landscape shows the discrepancy of his behavior with the society to which he is inserted. The landscape is delicate, beautiful, soothing and inspiring. Higgins however, presents a rude and rude behavior, showing that although he is part of that world of appearances, he behaves differently and completely contradicts both, that he completely ignores the landscape, as he completely ignores the people of his social cycle .

It also shows how Higgins had no interest in cultivating contacts and friendships, as he prefers to be in the company of his studies and whoever wants to share them. Perhaps for this reason, he shows a certain attachment to Eliza, because she is totally alien to that society, is friendly and willing to get to know him without taking appearance and possession into consideration.

Describe Japan’s culture

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Answer:

The culture of Japan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon Period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world.

Explanation:

1.682 inches rounded to the nearest whole number is 1.6 inches true or false

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Answer:

False it would be 1.7

Explanation:

John Quincy Adams supported a U.S. foreign policy that​

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Answer:

Showed his equal commitment to aggression and restraint in matters

Explanation:

John Quincy Adams supported a U.S. foreign policy that​ showed his equal commitment to aggression and restraint in matters.

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Answer:

kept the united states out of foreign conflicts

Explanation:

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Speakers and writers use ____ to get the audiences attention.

A. Rhetorical devices
B. Images
C. Transitions
D. Citations
E. Props

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Answer:

A. rhetorical devices

Explanation:

Makes the speech or piece of writing more interesting.

From "The Tyranny of Things" by Elizabeth Morris

Once upon a time, when I was very tired, I chanced to go away to a little house by the sea. "It is empty," they said, "but you can easily furnish it." Empty! Yes, thank Heaven! Furnish it? Heaven forbid! Its floors were bare, its walls were bare, its tables there were only two in the house were bare. There was nothing in the closets but books; nothing in the bureau drawers but the smell of clean, fresh wood; nothing in the kitchen but an oil stove, and a few a very few dishes; nothing in the attic but rafters and sunshine, and a view of the sea. After I had been there an hour there descended upon me a great peace, a sense of freedom, of in finite leisure. In the twilight I sat before the flickering embers of the open fire, and looked out through the open door to the sea, and asked myself, "Why?" Then the answer came: I was emancipated from things. There was nothing in the house to demand care, to claim attention, to cumber my consciousness with its insistent, unchanging companionship. There was nothing but a shelter, and outside, the fields and marshes, the shore and the sea. These did not have to be taken down and put up and arranged and dusted and cared for. They were not things at all, they were powers, presences.

And so I rested. While the spell was still unbroken, I came away. For broken it would have been, I know, had I not fled first. Even in this refuge the enemy would have pursued me, found me out, encompassed me.

If we could but free ourselves once for all, how simple life might become! One of my friends, who, with six young children and only one servant, keeps a spotless house and a soul serene, told me once how she did it. "My dear, once a month I give away every single thing in the house that we do not imperatively need. It sounds wasteful, but I don’t believe it really is. Sometimes Jeremiah mourns over missing old clothes, or back numbers of the magazines, but I tell him if he doesn’t want to be mated to a gibbering maniac he will let me do as I like."

The old monks knew all this very well. One wonders sometimes how they got their power; but go up to Fiesole, and sit a while in one of those little, bare, white-walled cells, and you will begin to understand. If there were any spiritual force in one, it would have to come out there.

I have not their courage, and I win no such freedom. I allow myself to be overwhelmed by the invading host of things, making fitful resistance, but without any real steadiness of purpose. Yet never do I wholly give up the struggle, and in my heart I cherish an ideal, remotely typified by that empty little house beside the sea.

Which three statements from the essay illustrate how Morris feels about things?

Choose one answer from each group. Type the LETTER ONLY for each answer in the correct blank.

Type A, B, or C for Blank 1.

Empty! Yes, thank Heaven
It sounds wasteful, but I don’t believe it really is
I have not their courage, and I win no such freedom.

Type D, E, or F for Blank 2.
I cherish an ideal, remotely typified by that empty little house beside the sea.
One wonders sometimes how they got their power
Even in this refuge the enemy would have pursued me, found me out, encompassed me.

Type G, H, or I for Blank 3.
While the spell was still unbroken, I came away.
Yet never do I wholly give up the struggle.
The old monks knew all this very well.
Answer for Blank 1:

Answer for Blank 2:

Answer for Blank 3:

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Answer:

Answer A is : Empty! Yes, thank Heaven

Explanation:

What type of sentence is this?
It's time to take a break, but we still have exams left to take.
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex

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Answer:

It is a compound sentence.  (two independent clauses connected with a coordinating conjunction)

Explanation:

This part of a letter is called the
Read part of a letter
I believe our school should promote Earth Day
activities. We could encourage efforts to walk to school,
and we could dedicate the afternoon to tending our
school grounds
.heading
.Osalutation
.Obody.
.O closing

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I believe it is body because in the body it tells you what earth day can do.

Answer:

Body

Explanation: Body means that its the main part of the letter

2) The section “How Fear Works” is organized in a way that shows —
F. The benefits of having fears
G. The various reasons why we have fears
H. The way the brain and body respond to fear
J. The parts of the brain that are affected by fear

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Answer:

G.lfr

Explanation:

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Answer:

G or H

Explanation:

Discribing how your brain and body respond to fear is basically talking about how fear works. But i am going more twoards G. I hoped i helped.

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Give me reasons why public school TEACHERS should get paid more (100 words or more please)

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Explanation:

    Public school teachers should be paid more for several important reasons.  Typically, a core subject public school teacher works more to 6-7 hours as they teach their students.  Unlike, private school teachers have more flexibility.  Private schools are usually smaller schools, meaning more flexibility for both, students and teachers.  According to a source, "The average public school enrollment is 528 students, according to data from 2017. "  The number of students in a public school can vary.  The more students, the more public school teacher will have to teach.  In other ways, my philosophy would be: More Students; more pay for teachers.

write a summary for the article “The Censors”

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Answer:

'The Censors' is the story of a young man named Juan who gets a job censoring letters for an authoritarian government. He's great at it - so great that he censors his own letter and gets himself executed.

Explanation:

All letters written and mailed in this society go through the Censor's Secret Command, a bureaucratic agency that inspects everything for bombs, poisonous powders, secret messages, and more. Anything and everything could be a potential signal to the Censors that the letter's sender or receiver is plotting against the government, and Juan is worried that something in his letter will implicate Mariana.

He comes up with a genius plan: he'll get a job with the Censors, work his way up the ladder, and intercept his own letter to send it through safely. He's hired easily, as there's a continuous need for new censors for reasons that we learn later in the story.

Juan quickly and easily works his way up the ranks at the Censor's Command. By the end of the first week, he's in the department that actually censors letters and is fully devoted to his work. Juan censors letter after letter, throwing away most of them that come across his desk.

One day, Juan's own letter lands on his desk. He's so focused on being the best censor possible that he mercilessly censors it and tosses it in the reject pile, which is a red flag to his superiors. Juan is executed the next day, 'another victim of his devotion to his work.'

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Read the following selection from Act II of Romeo and Juliet. What does the word in bold most likely mean? Bolded word is rancour

FRIAR LAURENCE
But come, young waverer, come, go with me,
In one respect I'll thy assistant be;
For this alliance may so happy prove,
To turn your households' rancour to pure love.

Question 3 options:
1) Sadness or misery
2) Happiness or fun
3) Friendship or love
4) Hostility or anger

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Answer:

4, hostility or anger.

Explanation:

Friar Lawrence agrees to help the two young lovers in the attempt to end the feud (quarrelsome relationship) between the two households.

Answer:

I think the answer is number 4. Hostility or anger

Explanation:

Because the sentence says rancour to pure love so im thinking they were angry about something and they turned there anger into love for each other.

A reporter is planning to writea review of the newest restaurant in town for a city magazine. According to
guidelines from the Society of Professional Journalists, what should she do before she writes the review?
call the restaurant and let them know her purpose for coming in so she can be guaranteed a table
O call the restaurant to set up an interview with the head chef so he knows to prepare his best dish
O dine at the restaurant without alerting the management that she is coming in to do a review
dine at the restaurant and identify herself so that the restaurant management will pay for her meal

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Answer:

I think it's the last one, dinr herself without alerting management...

Explanation:

this way she can review the restaurant with the pov of a real customer and wont get 'special treatment'

According to the guidelines from the Society of Professional Journalists, she dines at the restaurant without alerting the management that she is coming in to do a review. So, the correct option is C.

What do you mean by Journalists?

Journalists may be defined as an individual who documents for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or organizes news to be publicized.

It is better to write a review before alerting the management because alertness changes the actual situation of the restaurants and the management treat specially.

Therefore, the correct option for this question is C.

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In Of Mice and Men, who said this quotation, “You hadda, George, I swear you hadda. Come with me.”

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Answer:

i think Slim said it

Explanation:

Answer:

Who said "You hadda, George, I swear you hadda. Come with me."?

The answer is Slim

what were the conditions in France that led to revolution from a tale of two cities ​

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Answer:

The French Revolution had general causes common to all the revolutions of the West at the end of the 18th century and particular causes that explain why it was by far the most violent and the most universally significant of these revolutions. The first of the general causes was the social structure of the West. The feudal regime had been weakened step-by-step and had already disappeared in parts of Europe. The increasingly numerous and prosperous elite of wealthy commoners—merchants, manufacturers, and professionals, often called the bourgeoisie—aspired to political power in those countries where it did not already possess it. The peasants, many of whom owned land, had attained an improved standard of living and education and wanted to get rid of the last vestiges of feudalism so as to acquire the full rights of landowners and to be free to increase their holdings. Furthermore, from about 1730, higher standards of living had reduced the mortality rate among adults considerably. This, together with other factors, had led to an increase in the population of Europe unprecedented for several centuries: it doubled between 1715 and 1800. For France, which with 26 million inhabitants in 1789 was the most populated country of Europe, the problem was most acute.

A larger population created a greater demand for food and consumer goods. The discovery of new gold mines in Brazil had led to a general rise in prices throughout the West from about 1730, indicating a prosperous economic situation. From about 1770, this trend slackened, and economic crises, provoking alarm and even revolt, became frequent. Arguments for social reform began to be advanced. The philosophes—intellectuals whose writings inspired these arguments—were certainly influenced by 17th-century theorists such as René Descartes, Benedict de Spinoza and John Locke, but they came to very different conclusions about political, social, and economic matters. A revolution seemed necessary to apply the ideas of Montesquieu, Voltaire, or Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This Enlightenment was spread among the educated classes by the many “societies of thought” that were founded at that time: masonic lodges, agricultural societies, and reading rooms.

Explanation:

Organize this grocery list into three (ideally even) buckets:

celery
eggplants
pizza
cheese
milk
chips
fries
Toilet Paper
sandwich
watermelon
steak
Fish
Chicken
eggs
cookies
Paper Towels
flour
orange juice
pineapple
spinach
M&M's
Meatballs
Breadcrumbs
Magazine

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Answer:

Vegetable: celery, Spinach, Eggplant

Meats: Meatballs,chicken,Fish,Steak

Fruits:pineapple, watermelon,

Candy:M&Ms

Dairy:Cheese,milk

Eggs

Juice: OJ

Extras :Magazine, Breadcrumbs,flour,paper towels,cookies, sandwich,toilet paper,fries,chips,

Explanation:

This Is how I write out my grocery list hopefully this helps you

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