I need some advice for a story I'm writing for English class...
It was a dark quiet night, Halloween night when Celestia screamed. Celestia was a dragon human hybrid with dark blue hair and kind light blue eyes, dark blue wings, a dark blue tail, her hair was always in what looked like two buns on top of her head the little bit of hair that was too short-covering her ears with her bangs shadowing her face, she was in a witch costume that was black dark purple and dark pink with a black hat. Nikki came running her longish white and purple hair in a messy bun, she was wearing her mad scientist costume but the fake blood looked suspiciously realistic. Wannabe ran in looking like the human form of sans along with Angel a few feet behind him dressed as a fairy. Nikki stood staring trying not to cry. Nikki’s friend Emery came in wearing her police uniform on and blue blonde hair up in a ponytail along with Rihanna in her outfit that she wore at her concert the night before, the light baby blue costume made her light pink eyes stand out and her fox tail nearly invisible under a big black bow, her hair in ponytails right behind her fox ears. The two stared in horror at what seemed to have happened, one of their friends had been brutally murdered but their face was unrecognizable from the damage. Nikki stood up and took ad headcount matching names with faces until she realized who it was. “I’m going to find the person who did this and make them pay,” Nikki said in a dark evil angry voice, she was mad and near her breaking point. Nikki left the room unable to look at her friend lying there dead while everyone else looked at each other. “Kind convenient YOU found him like this Celie…” Rihanna said to Celestia glaring at her, the two never liked each other and were always fighting. “First of all, I couldn’t handle the blood. Second of all, that’s my friend! Why would I hurt him!?!?” Celestia snapped, angry she was accused of the crime. “You found him like this. That's a little suspicious don’t you think?” Rihanna said giving Celestia looks. “I hate to say this but Nikki could have been faking the blood on her costume looks a bit too realistic…” Angel said her voice trailing off, she hated to accuse Nikki but at this point, they were all suspects except for Angel. She had said before that she'd never been able to kill someone and get away with it she’d end up admitting she did it. Nikki came back in a completely different costume, her Sara Sanderson costume to be exact. “Why did you change costumes?” Angel questioned Nikki, changing costumes because there was what looked like blood on the other was suspicious. “You act like I can choose to wear only one costume, heck I’ll probably end up wearing a cosplay before we figure out who did this,” Nikki answered, it was true Nikki tended to wear up to ten outfits a day so why would today be any different? Emery glared at Nikki, she didn’t believe her story. “Seems pretty convenient she had to change costumes so soon...” She thought suspecting Nikki was hiding something. “Let’s do this Danganronpa style!” Angel shouted, she had always thought how they did the class trials on that anime and in the game was cool. Everyone got to a podium and glared at one another. “I was passing out candy to the trick-or-treaters,” Rihanna said then turning her head to Celestia who was on her left. “I was in the Bathroom,” Celestia said, nobody was going to question her now. “I was fixing my fursuit, one of the ears fell off,” Nikki said with the tail to her fursuit in hand. “I was outside sitting on the porch,” Emery said pointing at the door. “I’m too dum.b to pull something like this off you guys know this,” Angel stated honestly, she wasn’t the brightest bulb. “I was in the kitchen when I heard someone yell for help.” Wannabe said solemnly.


Who killed him?
Btw it was cosmic that was killed. For some reason, he was a pirate. He ran into many walls. Glasses and an eye patch, not gonna mix well… ALSO! His body was found in the hallway next to the stairs.

Read this excerpt from "Mars: Landscape of the Red Planet."

In addition to its volcanic landscape, Mars also has an amazing system of canyons known as the Valles Marineris. Scientist have ruled out water as the reason for the formation of these canyons. Instead, they theorize that the canyons were formed from the splitting of the Martian crust due to the cooling of the planet. Valles Marineris runs 2,500 miles long at a depth of 4 miles, dwarfing the Grand Canyon back on Earth, which is only 500 miles long and 1 mile deep.

Canyons on Mars appear to have been formed by the splitting of the Martian crust. However, canyons on Earth were most likely formed by

the impact of asteroids causing damage to the surface.
water flowing through rivers over long periods of time.
earthquakes causing parts of Earth’s crust to rise up.
the rising of hot magma from deep inside Earth’s core.

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Read the excerpt from "Healthy Eating."

But no one can ignore the damage being wrought by all this bad eating. More than one out of three adults in the United States -- 37.5 percent -- are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some of the leading causes of death -- heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes -- are directly linked to obesity. And childhood obesity has tripled in the last 30 years. With more than a third of kids between 6 and 19 considered obese, the CDC reports, they are at substantially more risk for developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, bone and joint conditions, and cancer.

Which statement best describes the author's argument in this part of the article?

Eating a poor diet can have harmful effects on people's health.
Eating healthier foods is not as easy as some might think.
Children should be required to maintain a healthy diet.
Eating habits have changed significantly in recent years.

Can you help me with this?

Identify main idea of each paragraph of Gilrays Flower Pot
I charge Gilray's unreasonableness to his ignoble1
passion for cigarettes; and the story of his flower-pot
has therefore an obvious moral. The want of dignity he
displayed about that flower-pot, on his return to
London, would have made any one sorry for him. I had
my own work to look after, and really could not be
tending his chrysanthemum2 all day. After he came
back, however, there was no reasoning with him, and I
admit that I never did water his plant, though always
intending to do so.

The great mistake was in not leaving the flower-pot in
charge of William John. No doubt I readily promised to
attend to it, but Gilray deceived me by speaking as if
the watering of a plant was the merest pastime. He had
to leave London for a short provincial tour, and, as I
see now, took advantage of my good nature.

As Gilray had owned his flower-pot for several
months, during which time (I take him at his word) he
had watered it daily, he must have known he was
misleading me. He said that you got into the way of
watering a flower-pot regularly just as you wind up
your watch. That certainly is not the case. I always
wind up my watch, and I never watered the flower-pot.
Of course, if I had been living in Gilray's rooms with
the thing always before my eyes I might have done so.
I proposed to take it into my chambers at the time, but
he would not hear of that. Why? How Gilray came by
this chrysanthemum I do not inquire; but whether, in
the circumstances, he should not have made a clean
breast of it to me is another matter. Undoubtedly it was
an unusual thing to put a man to the trouble of watering
a chrysanthemum daily without giving him its history.
My own belief has always been that he got it in
exchange for a pair of boots and his old dressing-gown.
He hints that it was a present; but, as one who knows
him well, I may say that he is the last person a lady
would be likely to give a chrysanthemum to. Besides, if
he was so proud of the plant he should have stayed at
home and watered it himself.

He says that I never meant to water it, which is not
only a mistake, but unkind. My plan was to run
downstairs immediately after dinner every evening and
give it a thorough watering. One thing or another,
however, came in the way. I often remembered about
the chrysanthemum while I was in the office; but even
Gilray could hardly have expected me to ask leave of
absence merely to run home and water his plant. You
must draw the line somewhere, even in a government
office.

helpppppppppppppp How is a discussion different from a conversation?

PLS HELP ME TvT
1) Two methods of moving from place to place are represented below. The single-celled amoeba moves by a process that involves the flow of cytoplasm (jelly like substance in cell-body). Which statement is best supported by these diagrams?
CHOOSE ONE ANSWER
1. Both amoeba and human move directly by the movement of cytoplasm.
2. Amoebas and humans are able to move; however, they differ in the way they carry out this activity.
3. Cells in humans function in the exact same way as cells in amoebas.

Read the excerpt from "The Debt” by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Pay it I will to the end —
Until the grave, my friend,
Gives me a true release —
Gives me the clasp of peace.

Which part of poetic form best illustrates the theme that death will bring relief from the debt?

meter
repetition
stanza type
punctuation

What does the rhythm in paragraph 9 emphasize about Evelyn's childhood memories?

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Which sentence in this story from Aesop's Fables portrays the start of the rising action

Select your own metaphors to complete a couplet. Remember to ask yourself what each reminds you of.

A cat, hunched up, spitting in rage,

The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
Sequencing Assignment - Put the events into the right order by dragging them or cutting and pasting them.

The Highwayman rides up to the inn to visit Bess.

Bess is the landlord’s daughter.

Bess hears the sound of the Highwayman’s horse in the distance.

At dawn he hears the news that Bess shot herself to save him.

The Highwayman hears the shot and rides away.

He sees the Highwayman arrive to see Bess.

Now on a winter’s night the ghosts of Bess and the Highwayman appear.

Bess watches through the day but the Highwayman does not come.

Instead, King George’s men come to the inn.

Then he kisses Bess before riding off into the night.

She manages to get her finger to the trigger of the gun.

The highwayman promises Bess he will return before tomorrow night is over.

Tim the ostler loves Bess, and is jealous of the highwayman.

To warn him not to come she shoots herself.

He rides like a madman along the road, but the soldiers shoot him down.

They tie Bess up to her bed.

Bess tries to escape but her hands are tightly tied.

I need help on this due today
go to my next question to see the poem

How does Eisenhower's view of his responsibilities as president affect the choice he makes ?

How would your life be different if you did not easy access to clean, sanitary water? Explain in details how your daily routine would be impacted.

Jessica wants to go to a two-year community college with annual tuition of $9,890. Jessica has
saved $8,350 for college and she earned a grant of $3,400 for her first year. How much more does she
need to pay the tuition for both years?

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The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Column A
1.
The fog comes:
The fog comes
2.
on little cat feet.:
on little cat feet.
3.
It sits looking:
It sits looking
4.
over harbor and city .:
over harbor and city .
5.
on silent haunches:
on silent haunches
6.
and then moves on:
and then moves on
Column B
a.A
b.C
c.D
d.F
e.B
f.E

What type of verbal is underlined in the sentence below?

[Making tougher requirements] for teaching personal finance would be a waste of time and money.

A. Gerund Phrase
B. Prepositional Phrase
C. Infinitive Phrase
D. Participle Phrase

Couldn't under so I just put it in [ ]

The Outsiders Pre-reading Activity: The 60’s Scavenger Hunt
About the Author and her Novel

5. After the novel was published, what did the author become known as?



6. Is Hinton still alive? If so, what does Hinton do and where does she live?



7. What is the setting of the novel (state and time period)?



PLS FOLLOW THE RULES

TROLL FOR POINTS= REPORT

FIRST AND CORRECT ANSWER= BRAINLIEST

( ABSOLUTELY NO LINKS OR USELESS ANSWERS )

Read the claim below.
Every home should recycle.
Select the piece of evidence that best supports this claim.

Select the contraction that completes the sentence.

Mrs. Garcia _____ ready to give the spelling test.

weren't
wasn't

________ allows the readers to learn a lot about the characters, as well as to form an opinion about those characters.
Dialogue
Foreshadowing
Setting
Organization
Exposition

PLEASE HELP QUICK!!

In this activity, you will analyze theme, characterization, and Dickens’s use of dramatic irony in chapter 1 of A Christmas Carol.

Part A
Themes are key ideas that stand out or are repeated in a text. Identify and explain one important theme that you noticed in chapter 1. Include evidence from the text to support your response.

Part B
What do the following lines reveal about Ebenezer Scrooge’s character?

“Under the impression that they scarcely furnish Christian cheer of mind or body to the multitude,” returned the gentleman, “a few of us are endeavouring to raise a fund to buy the Poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth. We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. What shall I put you down for?”

“Nothing!” Scrooge replied.

“You wish to be anonymous?”

“I wish to be left alone,” said Scrooge. “Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don’t make merry myself at Christmas and I can’t afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there.”

“Many can’t go there; and many would rather die.”

“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”


Part C
Writers create dramatic irony by telling the reader about an important event in the plot that the characters aren’t aware of. This technique helps writers create effects such as suspense and humor. Identify one example of dramatic irony from chapter 1 of A Christmas Carol and explain why it fits the description of this technique.

Read the passage.

A Flag with 50 Stars

The first American flag to have red and white stripes and white stars on a blue field was flown in 1776, shortly after the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. Legend has it that a Philadelphia seamstress named Betsy Ross was hired by George Washington himself to create this flag. There is no evidence that this legend is true, and no one knows for certain who made the first flag, which had 13 stars and 13 stripes. However, we know for a fact that the first flag to have 50 stars—the one we have today—was designed by a high school student.

In 1958, Bob Heft was a 17-year-old student at Lancaster High School in Ohio. At that time, the United States had only 48 states but was on the verge of accepting two more: Alaska and Hawaii. The U.S. flag at the time had six neat rows of eight stars each. What would be the best way to add two more stars while keeping the arrangement neat and orderly? This was the question that Bob’s history teacher posed to the class.

The teacher gave the students an assignment: design a flag with 50 stars. Bob spent hours in the attic of his house, cutting up a 48-star flag and rearranging the stars until they fit just right. He was pleased with his solution to the problem, but his teacher found it less than perfect and gave him a B minus. Outraged, Bob told his teacher that he was going to send his design to his member of Congress, Walter Moeller. His teacher replied that if Bob’s design was accepted as the new flag, he would be more than happy to change the grade to an A.

A year later, Bob had graduated and was working as a draftsman when he received a call at work. He never would have imagined a call from President Eisenhower—but that's who it was! Now that Alaska and Hawaii had been admitted as states, Congressman Moeller had succeeded in having Bob's design chosen as the new U.S. flag. Bob Heft was invited to Washington, D.C., for a ceremony during which his design was officially adopted as the new flag of the United States.



Which statement best describes the author’s viewpoint toward Bob Heft in “A Flag with 50 Stars”?


Bob was not a very good student at Lancaster High School.


Bob should not have contacted a member of Congress about a trivial matter.


Bob's grade did not reflect the outcome of the story.


Bob should not have spent so much time on his project.

What types of figurtive language are each of these sentences

The South, his mortal enemy.

there's the soft who-whoo of an owl.

Hush, so I can tell it!

The heat sandpapers his skin.

Even the dogs won't rest until they've howled at the moon.

Jacob's dream of a ladder to heaven.

The South, his Kryptonite.

Good & Plenty and Jujubes, Moon Pies and Necco Wafers

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
#5 Why is flung a more effective word for the author to use than open? Select two options.
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Why is flung a more effective word for the author to use than open?

Pick 2


A. It better conveys the speaker’s desperation to find out who or what is tapping at his window.

B. It rhymes better with other words in the poem.

C. It is more reflective of the time period in which the poem was written.

D. It more accurately describes the speaker’s actions.

Pages 37-44 (i think) List the strong descriptive details from this passage that Hillenbrand uses to describe the Pearl Harbor attack. Why does the author provide so much detail?

Please give me claims that go with the topic Racial Injustice I will report the answer if it isn't helpful

Okay so i have a plot for a weighting idea but I need a name for the book
Enemies. The characters begin as enemies. At some point, they are forced to spend time together and begin falling in love.
that's the plot so you know the main characters who fall in love are both females!

Read the following passage from Bulfinch’s Mythology: In cultured garden, free uncultured flows, The flavor sweeter and the hue more fair Than e'er was fostered by the hand of care. The cherry here in shining crimson glows, And stained with lover's blood, in pendent rows, The mulberries o'erload the bending boughs." In this allusion to "Pyramus and Thisbe", the reader can use which piece of textual evidence to argue that the lover’s blood enriched the soil to produce an abundance of fruit? the mulberries o’erload the bending boughs the cherry here in shining crimson glows the flavor sweeter the hue more fair

What strategies should writers use to help organize their ideas for an informational essay?
Select all that apply.

A. Make an idea map.
B. Make an outline.
C. Create a research plan.
D. Create a thesis statement.