20 point!!! Muhammad Ali: Agent for Social Change

A modern painting of Muhammad Ali in boxing gloves in front of an American flag.
“I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale, handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean I make medicine sick.” —Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was an all-time great boxer and entertainer. He was a three-time world heavyweight champion, an Olympic gold medallist, and as masterful approaching a microphone as he was in the ring. Later in life, he was made a United Nations Messenger of Peace, and awarded the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom.
He’s widely celebrated today, but that wasn’t always true during his boxing career. Ali was a confident, capable, Black Muslim athlete who was unafraid to speak his mind and stand up for his ideals. That made him very unpopular with a lot of people in 1960s America.
Ali once said, “I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black; confident; cocky; my name, not yours. My religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me.”
Born Cassius Clay in Louisville, Kentucky in 1942, he changed his name when he became a Muslim. He explained that “Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn't choose it and I don't want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name—it means beloved of God, and I insist people use it when people speak to me and of me.”
In 1966, Ali was at the height of his success as a boxer. At the same time, the US was fighting a war in Vietnam. The government was drafting young men to fight, which meant they had to join the Armed Forces when called. Refusing without an officially allowed reason was illegal. Ali was drafted, but refused anyway. He said he wouldn’t fight in Vietnam because it was against his religion and because Black people in America were still "treated like dogs and denied simple human rights”.
Most Americans supported the Vietnam war at that time, and some thought Ali was a traitor. TV host David Susskind called him “a disgrace to his country, his race, and what he laughingly describes as his profession”. Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title, disqualified from fighting, and given a $10,000 fine and a prison sentence. But to many, he was a hero. Civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton said, “he knew he was going to jail and did it anyway. That's another level of leadership and sacrifice”.
By resisting injustice and inequality, and by never apologizing for who he was, Muhammad Ali inspired countless people—especially Black Americans and athletes. Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said, “Ali's impact on young people was very formidable . . . The fact that he was proud to be a Black man, and that he had so much talent . . . made certain people love him and made other people think that he was dangerous. But, for those very reasons, that's why I enjoyed him.”
Ali returned to boxing in 1971 and won back his heavyweight title in 1974. After retiring in 1981, he invested much of his time into supporting different causes. In 1984, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, and raised money for research into the disease. He traveled the world bringing food and medicine to poor countries. He also contributed his energies to many different charities, including the Special Olympics, and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Throughout his life, Ali set the standard for being true to yourself and fighting for what you believe is right. Or, in his own words, “I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.”
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Practice question

Which evidence from the text best supports the idea that Muhammad Ali was inspiring to others?
Choose 1 answer:

(Choice A)
A
“Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said, ‘Ali's impact on young people was very formidable . . . ’”

(Choice B)
B
“After retiring in 1981, he invested much of his time into supporting different causes.”

(Choice C)
C
TV host David Susskind called him ‘a disgrace to his country, his race, and what he laughingly describes as his profession’.”

(Choice D)
D
“I am Muhammad Ali, a free name—it means beloved of God, and I insist people use it when people speak to me and of me.”
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Answer: B

Explanation: Because it says that he invested his time into supporting causes

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What can you conclude about Barton from the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by
Dean Kamen.
When I was twelve years old and Barton, my older
brother, was around fifteen, we took over the family
basſement. At first, I made a darkroom for developing
pictures, and Bart was using it as his lab where he was
raising about one hundred white rats, removing their
thymus glands, and trying to figure out the glands'
dysfunction. He wanted pictures taken of his
experiment, doing the surgery on rats, and since !
already had a darkroom, I took the pictures, though
He was interested in solving medical mysteries at a
rather early age.
He did not understand why Dean would be
squeamish about the blood.
He went on to become a very famous and
successful doctor.
He had a severe dislike for rats and all other kinds of
rodents.

Read the passage below. First, identify Pepper's motivation in this passage and explain how his motivation causes conflict for Iggy. Then, explain how Iggy's response to the conflict helps to move the story forward.


Every year, each class at Davis Middle School elects a class representative to participate in important school events. Iggy has been his class rep for the last two years. He takes the responsibility seriously and wants to keep the job, but he also feels guilty no one else has had a chance, so he's pretty sure he won't run again. Then it is announced that the class rep will get to meet action star Bud Delum, and Pepper, the meanest kid in school, suddenly becomes interested in the job. Pepper knows he'd be a terrible representative, but Bud Delum is his hero. And with Iggy stepping down, he'll cruise to victory. Iggy can't stand for a bad representative to take office, so he pushes his guilt aside and reenters the election, winning by a landslide. As his first act as representative, Iggy asks Pepper to take his place at the event with Bud Delum, helping Pepper understand what it means to be kind to others.

Which of the following is a question that, when answered, would help write an interesting conclusion to an explanatory essay? What is the most important thing I said in this essay? What is my opinion on this topic? What interesting twist can I add at the end of my story? Is there an interesting new idea or detail that I can leave my reader with?

Select the connotations of the italicized word in the sentence below. Select all that apply. Gina's shirt is tattered. 1.worn-out 2.ugly 3.loved 4.stylish

WILL MARK BRAINLIEST! NEED ANSWER ASAP! Write a paragraph explaining what these words have in common. 1. Dissent- to disagree with or oppose an opinion 2. Persecute- to mistreat people or groups or bc of their beliefs 3. Tolerance- the ability to accept or put up with different veiws or behaviors

The Coast Guard had been monitoring the strong winds and high waves. The Coast Guard Cutter Florida was headed toward the beach to warn swimmers about the danger. They were ready to post red flags warning of a strong undercurrent. Over the summer, many swimmers had been rescued. The coastal beachfront was especially prone to a strong undercurrent because of the Gulfstream. Several guard members on the boat watched the scene unfold as the cutter headed toward shore. They saw two surfboarders heading toward a small raft with a young child inside. The raft was close to flipping over. Several guard members on the boat watched the scene unfold as they headed toward the shore.

What implicit idea is expressed in this sentence?

A) The cutter was also about to flip.
B) Several guard members on the boat watched.
C) The raft and the surfboards were already close to shore.
D) The boat was too far away for the Coast Guard to reach the child.

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What are some words you don't know from a book called," A Love Like This" BY Maria Duffy?

The night sky with a small sliver of the left side of the moon visible. In this photo, this phase of the moon is called . The next phase will be . About 27 days from now the phase will be .

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PLEASE BE SERIOUS I REALLY NEED HELP WITH THIS I'll mark as brainlyiest if you help with a good answer just please, please, pleaseee help me here The Tell-Tale Heart By Edgar Allen Poe Claim: The storyteller believes that he is not crazy although he is. From the beginning, the narrator was attempting to convince the reader that he was not crazy although he was bothered over his neighbor's eye. The pace of the story-line began from the narrator admitting how he had a bad feeling whenever the old man's vulture eye looked at the narrator but didn't think that the narrator was crazy over it. Soon enough throughout the story, the narrator was driven crazy over the vulture looking eye from the old man and decided to kill the old man. Although from the reader's perspective it seems to look like the narrator was crazy, the narrator did not think so. The narrator had planned very meticulously over the thought of killing the old man and acted out on it. Once the deed was done, the police came by to check because a neighbor reported suspicious activity by the old man's home. The narrator let the police in the house search it and the narrator had explained how the old man was gone to visit a friend out in the country and the police believed him. But the narrator's guilt got to him and put him on edge. He behaved more and more suspicious and finally let a cry out of admitting to killing the man because the narrator thought the policemen were on to him. The way that the mood affected me was that the narrator had begun to admit that he was a normal person, perfectly fine. But once the narrator put out the exposition it started to give out the expression that he was crazy and him denying that he wasn't crazy made the narrator even more suspicious. To conclude my claim, I see that narrator is genuinely crazy and that even though he convinced his self and attempted to prove the reader he wasn't crazy, in the end, he was.

FUN WRITING PROMPT TO EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN!! Looking back, I now see that Pebbles never gave up, he never lost hope after I had gotten him, he hadn’t lost his hope even when he was going through pain. He was strong and he made me realize that you should never give up hope when you most want to.

Ebeneezer Scrooge, a character in a novel by Charles Dickens, is stingy with his money even when he sees people in need. Marta refused to loan her brother a quarter to buy a marble he wanted at the thrift shop. "Don't be such a scrooge!" he pleaded. What does the allusion in this sentence show about Marta's brother?

Government should _______when it comes to the people that……………..

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Read the excerpt from “The Gettysburg Address,” Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.

Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten Lincoln’s words?

1) Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation . . . can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.
2) Now we are engaged in a great civil war . . . testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.
3) Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated . . . We are met on a great battlefield of that war.
3) Now . . . in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.

Why did Smaug take over Thror's treasure? {this question is from hobbit}

What is the difference between the topic and the main idea? I'll give you brainiest if you answer this question and one of my other (recent) questions!! Goooood luck!

Read the excerpt from Immigrant Kids by Russell
Freedman
Which is an example of paraphrasing the excerpt?
Immigrants usually crossed the Atlantic as steerage
passengers. Reached by steep, slippery stairways, the
steerage lay deep down in the hold of the ship. It was
occupied by passengers paying the lowest fare.
Men, women, and children were packed into dark, foul-
smelling compartments. They slept in narrow punks
stacked three high. They had no showers, no lounges,
and no dining rooms. Food served from huge kettles
was dished into dinner pails provided by the steamship
company. Because steerage conditions were crowded
and uncomfortable, passengers spent as much time as
possible up on deck.
The voyage was an ordeal, but it was worth it. They
Yere on their way to America.
"Because steerage conditions were crowded and
uncomfortable, passengers spent as much time as
possible up on deck."
O Freedman writes that the long trip "was an ordeal,
but it was worth it. They were on their way to
America."
O The travel conditions on immigrant ships were very
poor. People had no room to sleep comfortably, the
food was not good, and there was no way to keep
clean
O One author describes the immigrant voyage this
way: "the steerage lay deep down in the hold of the
ship. It was occupied by passengers paying the
lowest fare."

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Muhammad Ali: Agent for Social Change
Practice question

Read the sentence from paragraph 10.
“Throughout his life, Ali set the standard for being true to yourself and fighting for what you believe is right.”
Which THREE quotes from the passage best support this claim?
Choose 3 answers:
Choose 3 answers:

(Choice A)
A
“I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale, handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail . . . ”

(Choice B)
B
“Black; confident; cocky; my name, not yours. My religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me.”

(Choice C)
C
“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize.”

(Choice D)
D
“Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn't choose it and I don't want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name.”

(Choice E)
E
“I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.”

(Choice F)
F
“The fact that he was proud to be a Black man, and that he had so much talent . . . made certain people love him and made other people think that he was dangerous.”

What contextual evidence do we have to support the allusion that Jimmy Valentine is like a mythical phoenix?
(Please i really need help with this question)

Excerpt from Richard Cory Edward Arlington Robinson Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, 5 And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said, "Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich, -- yes, richer than a king, -- And admirably schooled in every grace: 10 In fine, we thought that he was everything, To make us wish that we were in his place. So on we worked, and waited for the light, And went without the meat, and cursed the bread; And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, 15 Went home and put a bullet through his head. Which of these BEST expresses the theme of this passage? A) Greed and pride are evils which can destroy anyone. B) Suffering is unavoidable and should simply be accepted. C) Things in life and with people are often not as they seem. D) Suffering is a drain on an individual's spirit and should be avoided as much as possible.

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What is the quote "The thin worse than rebellion is the thin that causes rebellion." connection to "The Giver" (pls help school is almost starting and I still have so much to do)

Read this excerpt from White Fang.

For a moment [White Fang] was paralysed. The unknown, lurking in the midst of the sticks and moss, was savagely clutching him by the nose. He scrambled backward, bursting out in an astonished explosion of ki-yi's. At the sound, Kiche leaped snarling to the end of her stick, and there raged terribly because she could not come to his aid. But Grey Beaver laughed loudly, and slapped his thighs, and told the happening to all the rest of the camp, till everybody was laughing uproariously. But White Fang sat on his haunches and ki-yi'd and ki-yi'd, a forlorn and pitiable little figure in the midst of the man-animals.

London develops the characters of Kiche and the people in the excerpt by showing their responses to

A. the setting.
B. each other.
C. the plot.
D. White Fang.

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Which answer choice describes a moment of situational irony in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

A) Douglass finds that he will have to work as a field hand after trying to avoid field work his whole life.

B) Mr. Covey's attempts to break Douglass's will with oppressive violence only serve to inspire Douglass to seek his freedom.

C) Mr. Covey tries to tame a team of unbroken oxen by giving them to Douglass, even though he has no experience with oxen.

D) Mr. Covey tries to whip Douglass for being disrespectful, but Douglass fights back, which makes Mr. Covey respect him.

Why did Smaug take over Thror's treasure {this question is from hobbit} please answer quickly

Which of these rules is best applied before participating in a group discussion?
Look at the person who is speaking.
Pay atention to what others are saying
Read about the topic of the discussion
Weat for your tum to speak