The Trapeze Act

Toby McAlister was a third-generation circus performer. He had started juggling when he was three years old. At the age of five, Toby could ride a unicycle while juggling six balls. When Toby turned eight, his father decided to start training him on the trapeze.
Toby loved the trapeze. He quickly mastered swinging and transferring between trapeze bars. After only a few months of training, Toby was part of his father's act. As the years passed, Toby learned to do more stunts. The father-son trapeze act became increasingly exciting and dangerous.
One evening, Toby was especially excited about his performance. He was going to execute a triple somersault in mid-air without a net below him.
"You are going to be the biggest star of the circus! Here is a shiny gold suit to show the world how brilliant you are!" Toby's father said as he gave him a new costume to wear.
Toby's mother however was not supportive. She cried and begged Toby and his father to use the net.
"Mama, don't worry. I practiced this act a million times and never fell once!" Toby told his mother.
"Toby is a master. I would not let him do the trick if I had any doubts. The crowds will love it!" Toby's father said.
When it was time for the trapeze act, Toby turned to the audience and posed with his arms raised high. Then, he grabbed the first trapeze bar, and leaped from the platform. For the first few minutes, Toby did his usual tricks.
"Ladies and gentleman, please give me your undivided attention! Tonight, Toby McAlister is going to perform a death-defying stunt right before your very eyes. He will attempt the triple somersault without a net!" the ringmaster announced.
Then, several workers entered the ring and removed the safety net. The audience grew still and silent. Toby's mother sat in the front row and prayed that Toby would not fall. As Toby's feet left the platform, Toby's mother held her breath and closed her eyes.
Suddenly, the audience gasped. Toby's mom felt her heart stop for a moment. Then, the arena erupted with applause. Toby's mom opened her eyes to see that Toby's father was holding him by the feet as he hung upside down. Toby's mom let out her breath, stood to her feet, and cheered.


How do the differing points of view of Toby and his mother affect the story?
A.
It creates tension and suspense.
B.
It foreshadows the outcome of Toby's act.
C.
It characterizes Toby's mom as overbearing.

Someone help me with this ASAP!

Which line from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass provides evidence that enslaved persons were treated violently?

Thus, after an absence of three years and one month, I was once more permitted to return to my old home at Baltimore.
The fact was, we cared but little where we went, so we went together.
Upon the whole, we got along very well, so far as the jail and its keeper were concerned.
My master sent me away, because there existed against me a very great prejudice in the community, and he feared I might be killed.

List some advice you would give to an incoming high school freshman.

Fill in the blanks:

In order to hold your readers' attention you must use the necessary figurative language along with ______, ______, and ______ verbs.

basic info on the book "hatchet" by gary paulsen|

i only need basic stuff. answer these questions please
for the chapter things, i only need like one sentence of what happens in the book lol. thats it.

characters:
setting:
plot:
chapt 3:
chapt 4:
chapt 5:
chapt 6:
thats all! and remember, in the chapter things i only need like 1 sentence summarizing the chapter it doesnt have to be super descriptive. thank you!!! i'm behind on a lot of assignments because i only got the book today (im still doing online school)

"everyone knows I'm the worst, so why should i even go tho the gymnastics meet on sunday?" Zara said with a scowl.
which statement best explains how this dialogue reveals character and moves the plot forwars?
It shows Zara's mother pushes her too hard, this created man vs man conflict
it shows that zara is boastful, this creates tension about how others respond to her
it shows that zara doesn't care about winning, this resolves the tension
It shows zara lacks confidence, this establishes man vs self conflict.

Read the following excerpts from a story about Norse mythology:

“Loki then disguised himself in servant garb so that he might administer the sleeping potion.”

“The thunder god Thor relied on strength and daring, while his brother Loki trusted his cunning instead.”

“Thor was doomed to lose the race from the beginning, for, you see, Loki had devised a shortcut for himself.”

Which of the following inferences do these clues support?

A.
Loki’s envy of his brother’s strength was all-consuming.
B.
Loki was unconcerned about breaking the rules of decent society.
C.
Those who rely on their cunning defeat those who depend on strength.
D.
The competitive nature of Thor and Loki’s relationship had its origin in their childhood.

Please write a Biography Essay about JK Rowling.

Can someone pls help me make a sentence that explains how they are similar and/or different?

These are the articles:

It's Saturday night. You've just fallen asleep after spending the day hanging out with friends, watching movies, and enjoying being a typical teenager on the weekend. Suddenly, the beeper on your nightstand goes off. You jump up and get ready because someone needs your help. For a group of teenagers in Alaska, known as the Dragon Slayers, this is nothing unusual. They are from the town of Aniak, located about three hundred fifty miles west of Anchorage. Forget driving there, you can only reach the town by plane! There are around six hundred residents and one medical clinic, but the doctor only visits once a month. This means that if you are visited by a medical or fire "dragon," getting treatment or being rescued might be difficult. In fact, until the Slayers were formed, there was no emergency service in the town after 4 p.m. To address the problem, the fire chief decided to train qualified teenagers as first responders. He believed that because most of them did not have jobs, they had the time required to take on the responsibility.

Today, the Dragon Slayers respond to about 450 calls per year. They are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The team is made up of 14- to 18-year-old girls and boys. No matter what the emergency, it is important that Dragon Slayers remain calm and have the medical skills to help those who need them. They have over two hundred hours of medical and fire-safety training. All are certified emergency trauma technicians. They must also get passing grades in school and be drug and alcohol free. They are expected to treat everything from minor injuries requiring only first aid, to more serious issues such as heart attacks. They may be called to scenes ranging from small plane crashes to automobile accidents.

Their efforts have saved both lives and property. Just ask a former principal at their high school. At first, he didn't like the idea of Slayers being called out of class to respond to emergencies. However, he changed his mind after suffering a diabetic emergency at school and being cared for by the quick-thinking Slayers. Additionally, if it weren't for the actions of Amanda Hoeldt and several of her Dragon Slayer friends, the community hall might have burned to the ground when it caught fire in 2009. Although not allowed to enter the building, she and the other Slayers set up hoses that eventually put out the blaze, saving the structure. After observing the girls respond to an emergency call, state trooper Sgt. Mike Duxbury commented, "They helped each other out. Gave each other encouragement. They worked as a team."

Amanda says that the Dragon Slayers also benefit from their participation in the program. She feels that she is prepared to handle nearly any situation that comes her way. Through teaching others in her community life-saving skills, she has become more confident in her leadership abilities. Agnes Nicoli, another Slayer, says of her participation in the program, "Being able to save lives and save property is a wonderful feeling." Most Slayers go to college, and many of them choose careers in the medical field. And, just in case you're wondering what happens when a Slayer graduates, he or she is replaced by a "Lizard Killer." A Lizard Killer is a younger member of the program who is still in training. Upon completion of that training, he or she earns the right to be promoted to Dragon Slayer.

The facts or opinions in a paragraph should be presented in some logical order or sequence.


True

False
****ik this seems like an easy question but my brain hurts

What is the dialogue of The Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe ?

- Which sentence from the excerpt shows that the conflict in "The Wounded Wolf" has been resolved?wil give 14 points pls help ASAP
A:The grizzly hears the eager fox and rises on his flat hind feet.
B:The ravens move in closer.
"C:Roko here," he barks out strongly.
D:Only yards from the shelter rock, Roko falls.

What is your favorite thing to do??

Read the passage from White Fang.

There was a rush. White Fang bristled and snarled and snapped in the face of the open-mouthed oncoming wave of dogs, and went down and under them, feeling the sharp slash of teeth in his body, himself biting and tearing at the legs and bellies above him. There was a great uproar. He could hear the snarl of Kiche as she fought for him; and he could hear the cries of the man-animals, the sound of clubs striking upon bodies, and the yelps of pain from the dogs so struck.
Which line from the text supports the idea that White Fang is brave?
A. “the sound of clubs striking upon bodies, and the yelps of pain from the dogs so struck”
B. “There was a great uproar.”
C. “feeling the sharp slash of teeth in his body”
D. “snapped in the face of the open-mouthed oncoming wave of dogs”

THIS IS SUPER LONG BUT ILL GIVE BRAINLIEST!!!!

Read the story below and complete the assignment at the end.
02.02 The Great North American Circus

There was great excitement in Smyrna, especially among the boys. Barlow's Great American Circus in its triumphal progress from state to state was close at hand, and immense yellow posters announcing its arrival were liberally displayed on fences and barns, while smaller bills were put up in the post office, the hotel, and the principal stores, and distributed from house to house.
It was the largest circus that had ever visited Smyrna. At least a dozen elephants marched with ponderous steps in its preliminary procession, while clowns, acrobats, giants, dwarfs, fat women, cannibals, and hairy savages from Tibet and Madagascar were among the strange wonders that were to be seen at each performance for the small sum of fifty cents, children half price.
For weeks the young people had been looking forward to the advent of this marvelous world of curiosities, and the country papers from farther east had given glowing accounts of the great show, which was pronounced greater and more gorgeous than in any previous year. But it may be as well to reproduce, in part, the description given in the posters:
BARLOW'S GREAT NORTH AMERICAN CIRCUS.
Now in its triumphal march across the continent, will
give two grand performances,
AT SMYRNA
on the afternoon and evening of May 18th.
Never in all its history has this
unparalleled show embraced a greater variety of attractions,
or included a larger number of world-famous
acrobats, clowns, bare back riders, rope walkers, trapeze
artists, and star performers,
in addition to a colossal menagerie, comprising
elephants, tigers, lions, leopards,
and other wild animals in great variety.
All this and far more, including a hundred
DARING ACTS,
can be seen for the trifling sum of fifty cents;
children half price.
COME ONE! COME ALL!
Two boys paused to read this notice, pasted with pictures of elephants and circus performers on the high board fence near Stoddard's grocery store. They were Dan Clark and Christopher Watson, called Kit for short.

See assignment below
Characters:

Setting:

Conflict:

Rising action:

Climax:

Resolution action:

Reflection:

The author provides colorful descriptions of the growing excitement and the upcoming circus. As the passage ends, two boys read a notice listing a variety of attractions. Write an original narrative featuring the two boys as characters and the circus as your setting. Be sure to use details from the text as you tell your story.

Find the singular word that should be plural
The ___ desks are arranged in a circle.
A: students's
B: students'
C: students's

PLEASE HELP ME

Click to review the online content.
Then answer the question(s) below, using complete sentences. Scroll down to view additional questions.

Online Content: Site 1 What did Thomas Hobbes believe the relationship between people and the state should be? How did he believe people could escape war? (Site 1)

Use a thesaurus to find the matching synonym for the following words.
Note: Roget's Thesaurus is available on the Internet if you do not have a copy of your own.
1. disburse
voiceless
2. attraction
languish
3. air
relieve
4. assuage
draw
5. pine
spend
6. bonny
beautiful
7. aphonic
melody
8. divergent
different

Read this excerpt from White Fang.

Twilight drew down and night came on, and White Fang lay by his mother's side. His nose and tongue still hurt, but he was perplexed by a greater trouble. He was homesick. He felt a vacancy in him, a need for the hush and quietude of the stream and the cave in the cliff. Life had become too populous. There were so many of the man-animals, men, women, and children, all making noises and irritations.

In this excerpt, White Fang’s character is most developed through his

relationship with his mother.
actions during conflict.
reaction to the setting.
relationship with the humans.

Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

If any one thing in my experience, more than another, served to deepen my conviction of the infernal character of slavery, and to fill me with unutterable loathing of slaveholders, it was their base ingratitude to my poor old grandmother. She had served my old master faithfully from youth to old age. She had been the source of all his wealth; she had peopled his plantation with slaves; she had become a great-grandmother in his service. She had rocked him in infancy, attended him in childhood, served him through life, and at his death wiped from his icy brow the cold death-sweat, and closed his eyes forever.

Which line from this excerpt contains imagery?

She had served my old master faithfully from youth to old age.
She had been the source of all his wealth. . . .
[S]he had become a great-grandmother in his service.
[A]nd at his death wiped from his icy brow the cold death-sweat. . . .

PLZ HELP
The Italian sonnet is divided into two main stanzas (sections) called

the quatrain and the couplet
the couplet and the octave
the sestet and the quatrain
the octave and the sestet

Please help! I will give Brainly if its correct also I don't need the answer for the word of the day)

can some people inbox me

MARK BRAINLIEST AND 12 POINTS

Can someone read over my essay and proof read it, PLEASE? It's a Narrative Extension Writing for the ending of a book, so expect that.

can some one PLZ ask a random question for me i need more points!!!!!!

Help Please!!
How does King George III's character view the colonists? Support your answer with lyrics from the song "You'll be back" from Hamilton

(First and Second continental congress)

Who was recommended to lead the American Army? Explain who recommended this person and why they did so.

HELP HELP HELP

this is for the book seedfolks

only answer if you're 100% sure!!!

Which of the following events belong in the rising action?
The garden is on Gibb Street in Cleveland, Ohio.
Each of the characters finds a way to connect to the garden.
The gardeners cover their soil and close the garden for the winter
The community throws a harvest festival and BBQ.

tyms

School uniforms are good for the development of children. First of all, everyone is dressed similarly. If nobody has "better" clothes than others, then no one can threaten others simply because of their clothes. In many schools, ganging up on others because of what they are wearing is already normal, and uniforms are a way to protect the children from such acts. School uniforms also keep everyone from having to buy expensive brands of clothes for school, which relieves parents and takes the pressure of being "cool" away from the children. School uniforms also help children from becoming overly concerned about keeping up with the latest fashions. This gives young children more time to concentrate on important topics. In general it is possible to say, that school uniforms have a good influence on most children.
What is the central idea, and key details? its the three key details boxes PLZ HELP