Luck by Mark Twain

Common lit

2. Which of the following best summarizes a central idea of the text

a. teachers who pay extra attention to select students provide them an unfair advantage

b. war can make heroes of even the least likely candidates.

c. Success can just as often be attributed to chance as to skill

d. ignorance and luck are bliss

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Answer 1

Answer:

d. ignorance and luck are bliss

Explanation:

According to the text "Luck" by Mark Twain, it is narrated that Lord Arthur Scoresby who was said to be incompetent and lazy manages to excel in war through sheer luck and gained a high rank in the military.

His luck was so profound that his teacher, the Reverend began to become envious and bitter that a fool like Scoresby would have such high rank as a result of luck while he had to work, and fight himself to his position.

Therefore, the central idea of the text is that ignorance and luck are bliss.


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Answer:

Kills people but please be careful of plagiarism

Explanation:

It has stopped us from going to fun places, going to school, and it effected many jobs

Topic: How can social media shape an individual’s perception of beauty?
Preliminary draft

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Answer:

Social media shapes individual perception on the basis of beauty. Young ladies and even men are constantly coming across "beauty" in ads and on celebrity pages. The constant deluge of images affect our psyche and we start becoming more aware and critical of our own body. In many cases, we are fine (physically) but want to look like the person we just were left speechless with. These people on these ads and pages do not look like that without makeup. In a technological age, photoshop has made us believe in this divine beauty. Not true. They are human like you and me.

Explanation:

This is intended to give you an idea. Not the entire scope of the paper.

It is possible to restore a relationship? How?

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communication is key, whatever is going on you need to talk about it. It’s not always posible in every case but it is definitely worth a try :) good luck

While you may never be able to recapture the exact power of those feelings, you can recapture a piece of it, by talking openly with your partner and expressing your love through small, authentic displays of affection. When life gets busy, we can sometimes forget to let people know that we love them, but it's important.

How do your values influence what you decide to stand up for?​

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Answer:

read the explanation :)

Explanation:

Your values are what you hold close to you, whether physically or mentally. If something you care about is getting degraded or devalued, you will most likely stand up for whatever it is you care about because it holds a significant place in your life.

Answer:

Your values form the base of your life. They are the choices you make and the direction you want to head in.  You are in charge of what you stand for.

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The length of a story in pages p and the number of words w in a story

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Answer:

x=p y=w

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Why does the narrator always get on the front car of the subway train in “Here’s Herbie”?

D. There are fewer people in the front car, so he is able to be alone and reflect

A. When the subway train comes into the station, it fills his blood with a thrilling excitement

C. His mother always rode in the front car

B. He believes that teenagers should have the best view from the subway train

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Answer:

Explanation: i think it is C

Answer:

c. his mother always rode in the front car

Explanation:

Match the events from Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis to the themes they reflect.
Tiles:
Grete’s insistence near the end of the story that it would be
best for her family to get rid of Gregor, and her claim that “it”
was not her brother anymore

Mr. Samsa’s physical abuse of Gregor with the apple, which
severely injures him and limits his ability to move

Gregor’s enjoyment at being able to crawl around his room all
day without having to deal with any family or work-related
responsibility

Gregor’s inability to communicate with others after his
transformation into an insect

Tiles
Grete’s insistence near the end of the story that it would be
best for her family to get rid of Gregor, and her claim that “it”
was not her brother anymore
Mr. Samsa’s physical abuse of Gregor with the apple, which
severely injures him and limits his ability to move
Gregor’s enjoyment at being able to crawl around his room all
day without having to deal with any family or work-related
responsibility

Gregor’s inability to communicate with others after his
transformation into an insect
Pairs:
persecution

freedom

isolation

betrayal

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Explanation:

In this Kafka's masterpiece, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning only to realize he had turned into a huge insect out of the blue.

a) Grete’s insistence near the end of the story that it would be best for her family to get rid of Gregor, and her claim that “it” was not her brother anymore depicts BETRAYAL.

Here, Gregor's younger sister denounces her brother making a change-of-hearts compared to the first half of the novel.

b) Mr. Samsa’s physical abuse of Gregor with the apple, which severely injures him and limits his ability to move is PERSECUTION.

Mr. Samsa attacks his own son frightened and terrified by the sight of the huge bug.

c) Gregor’s enjoyment at being able to crawl around his room all

day without having to deal with any family or work-related responsibility is FREEDOM.

After feelings of shock and grief, Gregor comes to realise that in this awkward situation he is free from all responsibilities he had as human.

d) Gregor’s inability to communicate with others after his transformation into an insect is ISOLATION.

Turning to an insect has cost Gregor, anong other things, his ability to speak. That way he can not communicate with his family members and is unable to explain this strange situation. That leaves him alone in his room isolated with his thoughts.

letter caused by deforesotation​

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Answer:

a letter? T

Explanation:

The letter t?Yeahhehehehe

8. The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple horizon is an...

A.simile
B.onomotopeia
C.metaphor
D.idiom

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Answer:

metaphor is the answer because it is a figure of speech applied to an object.

C

Answer: C. Metaphor

WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST Read the following excerpt from the beginning of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. I asked him how far we were from Hartford. He said he had never heard of the place; which I took to be a lie, but allowed it to go at that. At the end of an hour we saw a far-away town sleeping in a valley by a winding river; and beyond it on a hill, a vast gray fortress, with towers and turrets, the first I had ever seen out of a picture. "Bridgeport?" said I, pointing. "Camelot," said he. Which statement best describes the effect of the story's setting? A. It shows that the narrator is unable to communicate effectively with the other man. B. It develops the plot because the reader is first made aware of the narrator’s true whereabouts. C. It creates a mood of disappointment, since the narrator is not where he expects to be. D. It gives the reader a reason to assume that one of the characters is lying to the other.

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Answer:

b

Explanation:

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Answer:

B.  It develops the plot because the reader is first made aware of the narrator’s true whereabouts.

Explanation:

I took the test and got it correct. Have a great day!

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Answer:

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Answer:

BAD IMPACT:

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GOOD IMPACT:

Sources have shown that illegal downloading actually promotes and helps artist more, it helps people become more diverse in music genres, artist illegally download music as well as their fans, and that there is zero to no evidence that free online music financially harms anyone.

Illegal downloading of information such as private information is very bad.

Why did the author choose montresor to tell the story? What does this choice show about the author’s purpose or what he hoped to reveal about Thomas nature

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montresor is an unreliable narrator. this requires the reader to analyze the story and figure things out themselves.

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•Don't do it.

•Summarize the information

•Write a citation

•Paraphrase the information.

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Answer:

hm the best piece of advice is to not do it and come up with something using your own words so that way you don't go to jail.

Answer:

My first answer would be to paraphrase. But my next one would be to cite your source.

Explanation:

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Answer:

i believe its are.

Explanation:

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Answer:

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Everyone has faced obstacles of some kind: a struggle with health, a failed personal project, or a financial hardship. This prompt is relevant to most people applying to college – which isn’t a bad thing.

The most important part of writing a personal statement is to show admissions committees how you think about the world and respond to challenges rather than to come up with an entirely new angle or topic. That being said, you probably should not write about a time that you received a bad grade or lost a sports game. Those narratives are overdone and won’t allow admissions officers to get insight into your unique perspective.

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First of all the importance of customs and traditions would be that tradition gives a sense of comfort and to feel as if you actually belong. traditions bring family and friends together.

Custom is also called an tradition and is a way of doing things. it would be like riding a bike because most people do it, it is common. it is also what people have been doing for a long time

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the definition of tradition would be belief of something that has been passed down from another generation.

the difference between traditions and customs would be customs are not as old as traditions and are have less people. customs are also a way of behaving

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:During this quarter you have read texts about how individuals from one generation can learn from those of another generation. Oral histories and storytelling are two methods that have allowed different generations to share with each other. Think about your own connections to people from different generations. Select one person from a generation that is different than your own and conduct an oral history interview. Before your interview, draft questions that might spark interesting dialogue and storytelling. Then use audio and/or video equipment to record the interview. After the interview, select clips from the interview and create a presentation that highlights something you learned from the experience. Be sure to send a thank you letter to your interviewee to express your gratitude.

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Answer:

i dont understand it-

Explanation:

.The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.Do not feed the animals. Visitors must not touch the animals’ cages.Part

AWhat is the mood of the verb do in the first of the following sentences?
a.indicative
b.imperative
c.interrogatived
.conditional

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The correct answer is B. Imperative.

Explanation

The imperative is the name of the grammatical mood that is used to convey instruction, imposition, order, or requests. For example, the sentence "Talk quietly" in a library is an imperative sentence because this refers to an explicit order or rule. According to this definition when an advertisement says "Do not feed the animals" is using the imperative mode because it is making an order to the people who read this. Also, this can be identified because the first element in the sentence is an infinitive verb. So, the correct answer is A. Indicative

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Explanation:

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A. Complex
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Answer:

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summarizes Seligman's ideas about happiness?

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Answer:

Happiness can be achieved if you focus on and develop the characteristics that you value about yourself.

Explanation:

A(n) ___ opinion is one that is backed by evidence so that it seems likely.

A. factual
B. Substantiated
C. Unsubstantiated
D. Realistic
E. Foundational

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The word that accurately or best completes the given sentence is given below:

A factual opinion is one that is backed by evidence so that it seems likely.

What is an Opinion?

This refers to the term that is used to describe and define the personal viewpoint of a person that he has and is not always factual because it relies on the perspective of the person and as such can be wrong or biased.

Hence, it can be seen that when it comes to the type of opinion that has evidence that supports what it says which makes it more likely, it is a factual opinion which is found or contained in option A and this is because there is the use of facts to bring the claim and other details to life and substantiate them.

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