It all began with Effie's getting something in her eye. It hurt very much indeed, and it felt something like a red-hot spark—only it seemed to have legs as well, and wings like a fly. Effie rubbed and cried—not real crying, but the kind your eye does all by itself without your being miserable inside your mind—and then she went to her father to have the thing in her eye taken out. Effie's father was a doctor, so of course he knew how to take things out of eyes.

When he had gotten the thing out, he said: "This is very curious." Effie had often got things in her eye before, and her father had always seemed to think it was natural—rather tiresome and naughty perhaps, but still natural. He had never before thought it curious.

Effie stood holding her handkerchief to her eye, and said: "I don't believe it's out." People always say this when they have had something in their eyes.

"Oh, yes—it's out," said the doctor. "Here it is, on the brush. This is very interesting."

Effie had never heard her father say that about anything that she had any share in. She said: "What?"

The doctor carried the brush very carefully across the room, and held the point of it under his microscope—then he twisted the brass screws of the microscope, and looked through the top with one eye.

"Dear me," he said. "Dear, dear me! Four well-developed limbs; a long caudal appendage; five toes, unequal in lengths, almost like one of the Lacertidae, yet there are traces of wings." The creature under his eye wriggled a little in the castor oil, and he went on: "Yes; a bat-like wing. A new specimen, undoubtedly. Effie, run round to the professor and ask him to be kind enough to step in for a few minutes."

"You might give me sixpence, Daddy," said Effie, "because I did bring you the new specimen. I took great care of it inside my eye, and my eye does hurt."

The doctor was so pleased with the new specimen that he gave Effie a shilling, and presently the professor stepped round. He stayed to lunch, and he and the doctor quarreled very happily all the afternoon about the name and the family of the thing that had come out of Effie's eye.

But at teatime another thing happened. Effie's brother Harry fished something out of his tea, which he thought at first was an earwig. He was just getting ready to drop it on the floor, and end its life in the usual way, when it shook itself in the spoon—spread two wet wings, and flopped onto the tablecloth. There it sat, stroking itself with its feet and stretching its wings, and Harry said: "Why, it's a tiny newt!"

The professor leaned forward before the doctor could say a word. "I'll give you half a crown for it, Harry, my lad," he said, speaking very fast; and then he picked it up carefully on his handkerchief.

"It is a new specimen," he said, "and finer than yours, Doctor."

It was a tiny lizard, about half an inch long—with scales and wings.

So now the doctor and the professor each had a specimen, and they were both very pleased. But before long these specimens began to seem less valuable. For the next morning, when the knife-boy was cleaning the doctor's boots, he suddenly dropped the brushes and the boot and the blacking, and screamed out that he was burnt.

And from inside the boot came crawling a lizard as big as a kitten, with large, shiny wings.

"Why," said Effie, "I know what it is. It is a dragon like the one St. George killed."

And Effie was right. That afternoon Towser was bitten in the garden by a dragon about the size of a rabbit, which he had tried to chase, and the next morning all the papers were full of the wonderful "winged lizards" that were appearing all over the country. The papers would not call them dragons, because, of course, no one believes in dragons nowadays—and at any rate the papers were not going to be so silly as to believe in fairy stories. At first there were only a few, but in a week or two the country was simply running alive with dragons of all sizes, and in the air you could sometimes see them as thick as a swarm of bees. They all looked alike except as to size. They were green with scales, and they had four legs and a long tail and great wings like bats' wings, only the wings were a pale, half-transparent yellow, like the gear-boxes on bicycles.

Based on the rising action in the bolded paragraphs, what do we know about Daddy?

He is calm and curious.
He is angry and upset.
He is hysterical.
He is uninterested and bored.

Answer:

A. He is calm and curious

Explanation:

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What is the contribution of Philosophy to make the environment be organized?

Write formal debate (your choice)
Project: Written Response.
Example for one debate “School uniforms should be required for all students.”

match the words with their synonyms
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In a thematic allegory, the characters and their actions often portray failing ______.

My third gift was a photograph of the El Paso/Juárez border: the Chihuahua Desert, the Rio Grande, a stern mountain, two sprawling border cities. Like our families, our geography is part of who we are. When I was growing up on the U.S. side of that border, the society around me tried in subtle and not-so-subtle ways to convince me that my Mexican heritage was inferior to that of Anglo-Americans. I hope that today’s educators on the border and throughout this nation are now committed to multiculturalism, to motivating the next generation to draw on their heritage as a resource for learning. The U.S. has been described as the first international country: Our varied cultures are our common wealth. Borders—and if we’re attentive, we realize we all live on borders, whether they are national or not—are sites of tension and sites for learning. Borders invite us to confront differences, inequities and stereotypes. They invite us to work for multicultural cooperation and to celebrate multilingual richness. –“The Leader in the Mirror,” Pat Mora What symbol does Mora introduce in this passage? What does this symbol represent?

“Life is a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.” Support the given comment with logical arguments.

Which sentence uses the word ecosystems correctly?


We are installing new ecosystems to regulate humidity.

Our ecosystems broke down during the heatwave.

Our ecosystems are supported by renewable solar energy.

The local ecosystems were destroyed by the toxic spills.

1. Which statement best describes the author's point of view in "William
Shakespeare's Relevance in Today's Society Is Changing?"

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what are the two types of stewardship?​

21 : WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF ACUTE:

A) OBTUSE
B) FIGURE
C) ASTUTE
D) KEEN​

In "Talking About Our Troubles," what techniques does the author use to persuade the reader?

Describe the scandal in which Lord St. Simon is involved

DEVELOP A 3 STANZA 4 LINE WITH THE RHYME SCHEME
POEM A,B,A,B
THEME: LOVE

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Which quotation from the essay best supports Gandhi's belief that the railways in India provide appalling service to its customers?

"At one place an important railway servant swore at a protestant, threatened to strike him and locked the door over the passengers whom he had with difficulty squeezed in."

"It was labelled to carry 22 passengers. These could only have seating accommodation. There were no bunks in this carriage whereon passengers could lie with any degree of safety or comfort."

"Now and then I have entered into correspondence with the management of the different railways about the defects that have come under my notice."

"The carriage was packed already and but for a friend's intervention I could not have been able to secure even a seat. My admission was certainly beyond the authorised number."

Read the sentence.
What type of descriptive language is used in the
sentence?
Compared to the rest of us, it took her two seconds to
finish the test.
O strong verbs
O simile
O metaphor
O hyperbole

Therefore, one who becomes a prince through the favour
of the people ought to keep them friendly, and this he can
easily do seeing they only ask not to be oppressed by him.
Nabis, Prince of the Spartans, sustained the attack of all
Greece, and of a victorious Roman army, and against
them he defended his country and his government; and
for the overcoming of this peril it was only necessary for
him to make himself secure against a few, but this would
not have been sufficient had the people been hostile.
- The Prince,
Niccolò Machiavelli
Which statement explains the reasoning and evidence
used to support the claim that a principality created by
the people is easier to rule?
O The argument uses deductive reasoning and logical
evidence in the form of a historical example to
support the claim.
The argument relies on logical evidence in the form
of a historical example to draw a general conclusion
that supports the claim.
The argument uses both deductive and inductive
reasoning that relies on anecdotal evidence to
support the claim.
The argument presents empirical evidence in the
form of statistics to form deductive reasoning and
support the claim

"After my 2013 hoilday, i went ahead and produced many hit tracks, with my First, titled 'show'." Who am i?​

Which sentence uses the word ending in -ing as a gerund?


Convincing us all that she was angry, Liza got the last laugh.


You should take the sewing class.


Martin, knowing he'd be there soon, prepared for the difficult dicussion.


The exercise we all avoid is running.

which is a strong thesis statement?​

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Part of the pride of being an American comes from the fact that most people that want jobs have jobs. However, this is not always the case. Sometimes, as happened in 2008, the economy slows down, and jobs become harder to find or keep. Businesses make less money and so can keep fewer people employed. Those people who lost their jobs then have less money to spend. Because they have less money to spend, other businesses make less money, and then they, too, have to cut workers. In the United States, these cycles always end and the economy recovers, but it can take a while.
People have to get creative about making money if they lose their jobs. Sometimes, they can use the skills they used at their old jobs to make money independently. For example, people don’t buy many car stereos when the economy is bad. So, car stereo stores have to layoff some of their stereo installers. If an installer has a place to work, that person can install stereos without a store. Often, this person will charge less than the store where he or she used to work. Also, the installer will get to keep all of the money he or she charged. At the store where the installer used to work, the store would have made most of the money.
During hard times, it is important to be open-minded. There are always ways to make money outside of a formal job, if a person is willing to do things he or she wouldn’t normally do. A computer programmer, for example, might not be able to find work as a computer programmer. However, if the programmer is good with his or her hands, he or she may be able to find work in construction. Lawns never stop growing, and many aspects of life do not stop just because the economy has slowed down. A person who lost a job at a supermarket may be able to mow lawns for money, or do many other things.
Most importantly, a person who loses a job must not give up. One’s attitude is very important in determining if he or she will be successful. A hopeful person is more likely to find a new job. Also, a hopeful person will be better able to keep trying new things. A hopeful person, too, can be patient. The jobs will come back. They always do.
Which of these best describes the main idea of the passage?
A.
It is important for a person to get creative if he or she needs to find a new job.
B.
Sometimes, the economy drops, causing jobs to become hard to find or keep.
C.
When the economy slows, there are ways to be successful in employment.
D.
Having a job is one of the things that makes people proud of being American.

Read the passage from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

"Special edition. Shocking murder of an M.P.” That was the funeral oration of one friend and client; and he could not help a certain apprehension lest the good name of another should be sucked down in the eddy of the scandal. It was, at least, a ticklish decision that he had to make; and self-reliant as he was by habit, he began to cherish a longing for advice. It was not to be had directly; but perhaps, he thought, it might be fished for.

Mr. Utterson’s internal conflict is that he

is afraid of Mr. Jekyll.
distrusts his own judgment.
misses Sir Danvers.
is upset he will be in the news.

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How do the friends influence the narrator in the story
“an uncomfortable bed”

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The text states, "And just then as they were entering a village called molesworth, the dimmest,
drabbest, most insignificant huddle of houses they had come to yet, the engine coughed died on them."
In this passage, the author creates
using sensory details.
a. Setting
b. Mood
C. Metaphor
d. Climax

use these word make a short story

practice
stressed
happier
appreciate
gratitude
kindly

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence:

But unless you happen to read the fine print you may not realize that you have just ordered close to 800 calories of food in the burger alone!

Add a comma after but

Add a comma after print

Add a comma after realize

No change should be made in this sentence.