Once upon a time, a mother duckling sat on her eggs with great impatience. How long would it be before they hatched? Finally, one summer day, the mother duckling watched as the eggs cracked, and her cute, yellow ducklings waddled into the world. She was filled with joy until she noticed that one egg, which was larger than all of the others, remained. After many hours, the egg cracked. A large, gray duckling emerged. The mother duck was horrified at the duckling's appearance. The mother duck's only comfort was that the ugly duckling could swim and dive under the water.

As the ugly duckling grew, many animals in the pond criticized him. His feathers were too dark, his neck was too long, and his body was too big. His fellow ducklings refused to recognize that underneath the feathers, the ugly duckling was kind, good, and gentle. The ugly duckling shed many tears because none of the other animals would play with him.

One day, the ugly duckling decided to run far away and find a place where the animals would look past his appearance and be kind and friendly. He came to a pond and sighted three beautiful swans. Their white feathers, long necks, and kind eyes made them look like royalty. The ugly duckling sighed in disappointment. He believed that the swans would never be his friends and looked down into the pond in despair. Then, his eyes opened wide, for he saw his reflection. To his great astonishment, the ugly duckling discovered that he was a beautiful, royal swan! The swans welcomed their new friend, whose lovely appearance was matched only by his kind heart. He now felt like he belonged.

Read the fairy tale The Princess and the Pea.
Once upon a time, there was a handsome prince. The prince lived with his mother and father in a luxurious castle that overlooked a valley of wildflowers and a distant forest. As the prince grew up, he began to long for a princess. However, the prince wanted to be sure that the princess was a real princess. The queen and king searched far and wide for a real princess, but the prince always found something wrong with the princesses they found.
One evening, there was a terrible storm. The wind howled, thunder shook the stone walls, and lightning filled the dark night sky. Through the pelting of the rain, there came a knock at the door. When the king opened the door, he saw a bedraggled girl, soaked to the skin and covered in mud. He ushered her into the castle so that she could warm herself by the fire.
"Why is a young servant girl like you wandering about on such a ferocious night?" queried the king.
The disheveled maiden looked at the king in disbelief. "I am a princess, come to see the prince," she explained, all the while shivering.
The king summoned his wife, the queen, for advice. The queen looked at the hideous creature in disbelief, thinking that no princess would ever allow herself to be found in such a state. She thought quickly and came up with a clever plan. The queen put a small pea at the bottom of a bed and piled twenty mattresses on top of it. When the girl arrived at the room, she had to climb a ladder to reach the top of the bed, where she collapsed in exhaustion.
Bright and early the next morning, the king and queen arrived at the girl's bedchamber. The queen asked the girl how she had slept the night before.
"Absolutely terribly!" bemoaned the maiden. "I have spent the entire night tossing and turning. I don't know whether there is something hard in the bed, or your mattresses are rocks, but my body is black and blue."
The queen and the king stared at the maiden in astonishment. Only a real princess would have such delicate skin that she could feel a pea under twenty mattresses. The queen and king brought her to the prince, who was thrilled to meet a real princess with such an independent spirit.

What theme do the two fairy tales have in common? (2 points)
a Don't judge others based on their appearances.
b Good always triumphs over evil.
c It is important to be patient.
d Trickery reveals the truth of a person's character.

Answer:

Don't judge others based on their appearances.

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Question: Making an inference means to draw a conclusion or deduce a meaning based on your analysis of a text. What inference can you draw about the Industrial Revolution in the United States based on “The Railway Train”?

Answer Options:
(A)The quality of life for people was becoming much better.
(B)Machines were changing how people viewed the world
(C)People did not understand the importants of machines
(D)The changes during the era increased buisness profits.

What does the phrase "the menace of the years" mean?

the threat of time passing

the years that cause anger

the years that cause frustration

the possibility of life after death

WICH SENTENCE BEST EXPRESSES HOW THE AUTHOR USES LANGUAGE TO MAKE A LOUNT ABOUT GRAVITY

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Prepositions: Susan is now putting _______ balloons on the wall.
Please answer with prepositions, not words.

Which sentence could be added to the passage as a specific supporting detail? Take a look at the picture!

Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom: Tutorial PLEAS LIST SAMPLE ANWSER FROM PART D FROM EDMENTUM At the beginning of this lesson, you listed possible reasons for the decline of ancient Egypt in the Notebook. Review your list, and reflect on your response. What incorrect ideas about Egypt did you have? Keeping in mind everything you have learned, write one paragraph (75 to 125 words

Examine the following print text feature.

Mountain with “Elevation" written beside it and arrows showing lower elevation toward the water and higher elevation toward the sky and top of the mountain.

What is elevation? Use the print text feature to find the answer.

Amount of rock that makes up a mountain
Depth of the ocean that is visible from land
Height at which water freezes into a solid
Height of an area that is above sea level

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Which word could correctly replace the word distinctly as it is used in this excerpt from Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper?
During the ensuing week, the days and nights were of a monotonous sameness as to events; men whose faces Hendon remembered more or
less distinctly, came, by day, to gaze at the "Impostor" and repudiate and insult him.
ОА.
clearly
OB
differently
noticeably
Ос.
D. vaguely
О Е. completely
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Pick a main character you would like to discuss/analyze. Pick two emotions/feelings from our feelings and behavior vocabulary to describe the character and answer the following questions:
At least 8 sentences


What are two emotions the main character has felt?

What made the main character feel that way?

Make a prediction; as a result of these emotions, how might your character behave in upcoming story events?


This is from the book Unwind. chapers 12-14

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Match the words :
Spare
Landlady’s
Fall
Windowd
Hostile
Apparent
Constantly
Persuaded
Exhibit
Subsequently

What is the most important part of chapter 6 in The Cay?

Read the passage about space, then answer the question.

The terrestrial, or rocky, planets are Mercury, Venus and Mars. They are more like Earth than any others.

According to context clues, which best defines the underlined word?

A. Underwater
B. Small
C. gas-filled
D. Stony
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In the context of the text, how has America changed over time? What changes was Plessy v.
Ferguson responsible for in America? How do you think America would have been different
if the Supreme Court had ruled in favor of Homer Plessy? Do you think America would be
different today? Why or why not?
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in line 22 of turn turn my wheel the speaker stands in silence and apart as the potter creates his work . why is the speaker silent ?

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Find the complete predicate of the sentence below.

Bill liked all of his morning classes.

liked all of his morning classes
of his morning classes
all of his morning classes
Bill liked

what is a good last name for a kid who has the first name Jake. in your own words explain why your last name is a good name to go with Jake.

(NO LINKS)Read the passage from "Cool Jobs Part 1."

Extracting DNA from the sample is cheaper and easier than trying to identify microbes visually under a microscope, Gilbert explains. "Microbes are very, very, very small," he says. "Species of bacteria that are as different as an antelope from an octopus can look identical under a microscope." But their DNA, he notes, tells the story of who they are and what they do.

What does the analogy "Species of bacteria that are as different as an antelope from an octopus can look identical under a microscope" mean in this passage?

A)Some species of bacteria are as complex as some animal species.

B)Many types of bacteria, even though unique, share characteristics of other species.

C)Some species of bacteria are as big as some animal species.

D)Many types of bacteria function differently but look the same.

In the context of this article, how can science define the identity of a teenager? Where does it fall short? (The Distracted Teenage Brain)

how does the abbreviation for please hurt peoples feelings brainly how


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Match the words :
Runs
Dare
Encouraged
Threat
Brief
Outspoken
Revealed
Survived
Contains
Aim

5.) A student is writing an argumentative essay for a class. The student wants to revise the draft to improve the development of ideas.


Read the draft of the essay and complete the task that follows.

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Revise the student's draft by choosing the *TWO* sentences that give the strongest evidence to support and develop the underlined claim.


In fact, putting limitations on anything helps make things more beneficial for people.


Student(s) may have thought this made a good point that helps support the argument that ads should be allowed on school buses.


Ads would need to be limited to those that target adults outside of the school buses and not the children inside.


A school district can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue from the ads over the course of several years.


An advertising program can greatly benefit a school district as long as there are limitations put on the ads.

What is the conflict
(Have to be at least 7 sentences or long)

What is the rising action
(Have to be at least 7 sentences or long)

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Which multimedia and interactive elements do you think would best support your viewpoint on the topic you chose for your blog? Write two to four sentences explaining what multimedia and interactivity you will use and why

Read the excerpt from “The Lottery.”

Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes. They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed. The women, wearing faded house dresses and sweaters, came shortly after their menfolk. They greeted one another and exchanged bits of gossip as they went to join their husbands. Soon the women, standing by their husbands, began to call to their children, and the children came reluctantly, having to be called four or five times. Bobby Martin ducked under his mother's grasping hand and ran, laughing, back to the pile of stones. His father spoke up sharply, and Bobby came quickly and took his place between his father and his oldest brother.

Explain what is learned by the actions of the characters in the excerpt.

a.The lottery was a happy occasion because the men told jokes, the children laughed, and the women were able to exchange gossip.
b.The lottery may not have been a happy occasion because the men smiled rather than laughed, and the children were apparently very hesitant to join their families when it started.
c.Most of the villagers were indifferent about the lottery since it was held every year, and they already knew the outcome this time.
d.Most of the villagers were ready to do away with the lottery since it was an outdated custom, carried over from years past.

Read Edward Corsi’s quotation from the book Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman.

Edward Corsi, who later became United States Commissioner of Immigration, was a ten-year-old Italian immigrant when he sailed into New York harbor in 1907:

Giuseppe and I held tightly to Stepfather’s hands, while Liberta and Helvetia clung to Mother. Passengers all about us were crowding against the rail. Jabbered conversations, sharp cries, laughs and cheers – a steadily rising din filled the air. Mothers and fathers lifted up babies so that they too could see, off to the left, the Statue of Liberty.

How does this quotation add credibility to Freedman’s statement that the immigrants never forgot seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time?

It adds credibility because it comes from a worker on the ship who sailed past the Statue of Liberty.
It adds credibility because it comes from an immigrant who actually shares his memories of seeing the Statue of Liberty.
It adds credibility because it comes from a historian who studied immigrants and the Statue of Liberty.
It adds credibility because it comes from a journalist who researched the Statue of Liberty.

at what point in the tell-tale heart did it become evident to you that the narrator was mad, or insane? write a short paragraph explaining your answer. try to use at least one academic vocabulary word in your response



vocabulary words: acute,audacity,conceived,crevice, derision,hypocritical, stealthily,stifled, vehemently,vex

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Which two sentences best describe Keckley’s purpose for including the description of her conversation with the freed slave (the “good old woman”) in paragraphs 2–4?

Which word best completes the sentence?

The villain is the superhero's

adversary

ally

aviator

or crutch?

Fill the gaps with the correct preposition