Read and compare what two students have to say about baseball. passage 1 "i hope you can come watch me play this season. my team is the grove gators, and we are undefeated. yay! i play shortstop, and it is hard work. coach has taught me a few tricks, and i have practiced nonstop. let's hang out at the ballfield." passage 2 "cal ripken is one of baseball's most famous shortstops. he played for the baltimore orioles and won the world series in 1983. he played the most consecutive baseball games in history." which similarity is found when comparing these two passages? both passages are written to explain the rules of baseball. both passages are written in a casual, informal tone. both passages mention the shortstop position in baseball. both passages mention a famous baseball player. c

In hard times by charles dickens, the scene in which the characters discuss the depiction of horses on wallpaper and flowers on carpets is the author’s way of showing the absurdity of

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

Retell the main events of this story as jerry might tell them to his best friend when he returns from vacation or to his own son later in life. in the story through the tunnel