Read this excerpt. The author uses the phrase
"forests of defenders" to help readers visualize the
Messi, meanwhile, stands just 5 feet 7 inches
tall. Short and quick, he has a knack for keeping
possession in the tightest of spaces. The ball seems
to never leave his foot. That allows Messi to dribble
through forests of defenders and continue his attack
A
goalkeeper trying to stop Messi from scoring.
B
tight spaces that Messi dribbles through.
on the net
с
opposing players winning back the ball.
D
dimensions of a professional soccer field.

Answer:

B

Explanation:

Because a forest has a lot of trees and is very tight

Who has the upper hand (advantage) in the balcony scene? Is this traditional for Shakespeare’s time? Is it traditional by today’s standards?

Think about how Mary Oliver describes the turtle's journey to lay her eggs on the beach. Based on her word choice and ideas, which statement best describes the theme of the poem?

Why does Billy think that the bed and breakfast looks promising ? A There are animals.B There are flowers. C It is brightly colored . D It is crowded .

what occurs in the climax of the short story? the mangled bodies of the robbers were washed in with the tide

American Sign Language


by Maria Baraza


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You've probably seen it before. Someone is giving a speech, and another person stands near the speaker, mouthing the speaker's words for people who can read lips. In a graceful dance, his or her arms and hands visually repeat the speaker's words in signs. If the speech is broadcast on television, the signer is sometimes shown in a window at the corner of the screen. Audience members who are hard of hearing or deaf can understand the speech through the signs.


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Deaf or hard-of-hearing people could also read the text of the speech, but it might not be available in writing. Besides, signing offers many advantages that reading cannot. Seeing the speaker, even if his or her words cannot be heard, can be important. The audience can observe the speaker's facial expressions and body language, which can change the meaning of the spoken words. The signer will often attempt to convey the speaker's tone or precise meaning with facial expressions that accompany the signs. For instance, when the speaker asks a question instead of making a statement, signers will raise their eyebrows, widen their eyes, and tilt their bodies forward to convey that what they are signing is a question.



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Many different sign languages are used around the world. In the United States, most people use a system called American Sign Language (ASL). ASL is a complex, complete language, just like spoken English. ASL even has different "pronunciations" for certain words in different regions of the country. In ASL, some signs represent specific words. Touching one's fingers to the brim of an imaginary cap means "man." The sign was created when most men wore hats and would tip their hats when greeting someone.



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However, most of ASL is based more on ideas than on words. For example, a person might hold both thumbs and index fingers at right angles and move both hands and arms apart. The person is indicating "big" or "large." The same sign would be used for a big man, a large amount of money, or a serious problem. When a person strokes an imaginary beard by moving a loose fist down from the chin, he or she is indicating "old." That same sign could describe an elderly person, an old car, or a story from long ago.



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Many people believe in "total communication," which means saying words and signing them at the same time. A person might have only partial hearing loss, so he or she could hear some of the sounds the speaker makes. The speaker's lip movements, voice, signs, and facial expressions are like pieces of a puzzle. The theory is that total communication provides every possible means to get an idea across.


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Not every word or idea in English has a sign. Proper names and other words that have no signs are often spelled out with the sign alphabet. Sometimes the letters of the sign alphabet are used as words. For example, the sign for T and the sign for V together mean "television." Just like "TV" spoken aloud, the two sign letters indicate the word. In other cases, the full name of a person or thing is spelled out because there is no simple way to communicate it. If a person's name is Tina, she could use the signs for T-I-N-A.


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If you are not hard of hearing, why would you bother to learn sign language? For one thing, it will allow you to communicate with people who are hard of hearing or deaf. You can translate for them, helping them to understand others and be understood. Many people choose to make ASL translation their career. On an individual level, learning ASL will also help in forming friendships with deaf or hard-of-hearing people.


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Sign language can be useful for other reasons, even among hearing people. You might be too far away to hear someone, but not too far away to see the person. A couple of gestures can send an important message. Suppose you are in a situation in which you couldn't speak out loud, like in a theater. You might want to send a message to a friend who is not right next to you. It would be rude to shout while the performance is going on, but you could always send a sign message. Sign language can benefit people who are deaf, partially deaf, or hearing.




Which of these sentences could be added to paragraph 7 to better conclude the paragraph?

A.
Translating for the deaf and hard of hearing can be a rewarding experience.

B.
There is growing demand for translators in business and education.

C.
American Sign Language will also let you communicate with people who can hear.

D.
American Sign Language can help you connect with people you may have been unable to before.

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. Look back over the text. How does the author develop the text's main points? First, the author Then, the author 4​

What is the informative essay structure? 6th grade

straight a students are more successful ? a,b,c,d

Question 3 of 10
When reading a textbook, which of these do you do before moving on to a
new section?
O A. Rewrite the chapter summary based on your interpretation of the
text.
B. Write down any information that will help you answer your survey
questions.
C. Spend three to five minutes studying the new vocabulary.
D. Predict what questions the teacher will ask on the exam.

Where else would we have the opportunity to meet an astronaut or touch a rock from the moon? (3) We could learn all about space travel and the
Solar System (4) Exhibits display space suits worn by astronauts as well as replicas of a shuttle and a space laboratory


What change if any should be made in sentence (3)?
A Change could learn to could have learned
B. Insert a comma after travel
C. Change Solar System to solar system
D. No change is needed

Which image from the painting does not demonstrate the "suffering" Auden describes in his poem? O A. The fisherman weakly reaching out to Icarus. B. The farmer plowing his land. O C. Icarus flailing in the water D. The shepherd looking away from Icarus. SUBMIT * PREVIOUS IN K 0​

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Read the poem "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns.

O, my luve’s like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June:
O, my luve’s like the melodie,
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
’Till a’ the seas gang dry.

’Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel a-while!
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.

Which poetic device best enhances the poet's emphasis on each stanza as a single sentence?


The use of a period at the end of every fourth line.


The poet's use of hypberbole in the second stanza.


The use of simile in the first stanza.


The length of each line in the stanza.

Directions: Identify the underlined phrase as one of the following: (some used twice).
32. Darth Vader and Luke, the famous rivals, proved to have a complicated relationship.
33. I can teach you to make a wicked Crock-pot lasagna. C. Infinitive
34. Running late, the girl almost missed the start of the show. A. Particip
33. Escaping the enemy is part of the critical formula for every superhero story.
36. Bob, our next door neighbor. feeds the birds every day. i
37. Even though I was terrified to do it, I climbed up the rock wall. C. Infinitive
38. The movie Rocky is such a classic.
39. After this hybrid school year, we all need a break.
AB. Appos
40. The car, on the side of the road, had a flat tire
B. Gerund
AB. Appos

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How does each execution affect Elie? night chapter4

i need help quick pls Choose two more words or phrases that help develop the claim in paragraph three that Phil did not start out well at first but eventually would find success.
A) Still
B) Today
C) He began
D) He also made
E) Some television networks
Duck Commander
Lyndon Crestfill

It is not easy to start up a business from scratch, but Phil Robertson made it look easy. There is an old saying, “If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.” This saying turned out to be true for Phil and his love of duck hunting.

Phil grew up in rural Louisiana with six brothers and sisters. His family was poor, so hunting was an important way to get food and money. As a boy, Phil was a good hunter, but he was good at other things as well. In high school, he played many sports, including football, baseball, and track. He was such a great football player that he earned a college scholarship to Louisiana Tech. After graduating from college, he went back to the woods he called home. He returned to hunting again and he realized that the duck calls (special whistles that trick ducks into coming when they hear the sound) did not work so well. He wanted a duck call that would sound just like a real duck. So, in 1972, Phil began working on his new invention, a duck call that he named the Duck Commander.

At first, he did not sell many Duck Commanders. He made $8,000 during his first year, but that was not enough money to take care of his wife and four children. Still, Phil did not give up. He began the Duck Commander Company in 1973. He used his home for a factory and his family helped him make, package, and ship all the calls. He also made videos of himself explaining and showing how to use the duck calls. Some television networks saw his videos and thought that the family would make an interesting reality television show. Today, the Robertson family stars in the extremely popular reality show, Duck Dynasty. His company is now worth millions of dollars!

Because of hard work and dedication, Phil turned a good idea into a great business. He also proved that there is some truth in the old “build a better mousetrap” saying.

why doesn't ares kill Percy?? can someone please answer soon.​

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There are 36 lines in the poem. The poem is numbered every 5 lines. ,end italics,



,begin bold,A Saddle & the World,end bold,



In Palestine, an old disheveled street,
a wall of tiny shops, where grass grows between crumpled stone,
I stand and watch in the shadow of the wall.
Pots and tin pans and brooms and woven straw mats,
even handmade saddles, spill into the narrow street.
Heavy saddles, covered with burlap, to fit horses,
mules, donkeys, sewn by someone who knows saddles.
A woman in a ,begin italics,thobe,end italics,—a long black dress,
hand-embroidered with red cross-stitching on chest and sides—
pokes around the saddles.
Bending down, she touches, pats, caresses,
like a woman buying cloth.
Finally she lifts her head, then do-si-dos,superscript,1,baseline,
toward the bald man who owns the shop
and asks the price of the saddle she likes best.
But the price isn't set in stone and will change, like the weather,
if you have some smarts at this haggling game.
Like fencing,,superscript,2,baseline, you dance with agile steps around each other,
touch with the point of your foil,,superscript,3,baseline, but never wound.
He says, she says. Words fly, as conductor-hands
sweep the air for emphasis. The woman nods,
and a corner of her mouth lifts. She fingers the coins
inside the slit in her belt.
"Sold! To the woman in embroidered dress!" the auctioneer would call out
if she lived in Texas. Or Oklahoma. Or even New York.
But in Palestine where she lives, a thousand women in embroidered
dresses
would stand to claim the prize.
I, in the uniform of my faded American jeans,
ask the woman a foolish question,
"How will you take this saddle home?"
The woman's face cracks open, a smile spills out.
Squatting, she picks up the saddle, an Olympian heavyweight champion,
she hoists the saddle in the air, then lowers it onto her head.
She stands tall, this Palestinian Yoga-woman, her head not merely holding
a saddle,
But the world.



("A Saddle & the World" by May Mansoor Munn. Copyright © 1998 by May Mansoor Munn. Used by permission of the author.)





,begin bold,,superscript,1,baseline,do-si-do ,end bold,a circular dance move in which partners pass each other back-to-back

,begin bold,,superscript,2,baseline,fencing ,end bold, the art of using a small sword (foil) to practice self-defense and offensive movements with an opponent

,begin bold,,superscript,3,baseline,foil ,end bold, a small, light sword with a blunt edge and tip (used in fencing)

Can somebody help me on this? Urgent and needed now please


1) Clayton wants to improve the coherence in the introduction of his text. What sentence could Clayton insert before sentence 1?

A) Dragons are not only mythological creatures, but their name also refers to a futuristic spacecraft designed to deliver cargo.
B) Images of fire- breathing, flying dragons may seem like fabrications of an active imagination, but dragons are real.
C) The modern term for dragon is derived from the Latin word dracō, meaning "a serpent of huge size."

2) Clayton wants to improve the coherence of his text. Which of these is the BEST revision of sentence 4?

A) The theory that dinosaurs, also known as dragons, and humans did not coexist is just that—a theory.
B) The theory that dragons, also known as dinosaurs, and humans did not coexist is just that—a theory.
3) Clayton wants to make a connection between the ideas in sentences 6 and 7. Which transition would be BEST to add in the beginning of sentence 7?

A) In addition
B) Consequently
C) Similarly
D) After all

4) Clayton's text does not end effectively. What sentence could Clayton add to improve the coherence of his conclusion?

A) Why wouldn't I?
B) There is no scientific proof they did not exist.
C) The evidence supporting their existence is too compelling to ignore.
D) They are so cool!​

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What reasons does the speaker provide to support her viewpoint or claim? *Read text below to answer*
Ain’t I a Woman? By: Sojourner Truth
Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ‘twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s all this here talking about?
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?
Then they talk about this thing in the head; what’s this they call it? [member of audience whispers, “intellect”] That’s it, honey. What’s that got to do with women’s rights or negroes’ rights? If my cup won’t hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?
Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ‘cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.
Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say.

write an argumentative essay about your thoughts on getting or not getting the vaccine


PLEASE HELP ME HERE​

Which of the following statements most directly expresses the author states in the passage?(The art of being feminine)
"Femininity was the challenge thrown down to the female sex, a challenge no proud, self-respecting young woman could afford to ignore "(paragraph 2, sentence 2)

What is the main idea?
Bonus for brainlist: what are 2 words you don’t know? What do you think it means?*opinion*

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27) Read this sentence from lines 60 and 61.

Geothermal plants emit 97% less acid rain-causing sulfur compounds than are emitted by
fossil fuel plants.

In this sentence, “emit” most clearly means
A. permit
B. discharge
C. prevent
D. fulfill

Which best describes the difference in the way people are created in the Blackfeet and Apache myths

Which of the following sentences uses the comma correctly? Would you be able to tell me the time, Martha? Would you be able to tell me, the time Martha? Would you be able, to tell me the time Martha? Would you, be able to tell me the time Martha?