Read the following excerpt from "death by scrabble" by charlie fish. i watch my wife's smug expression as she rearranges her letters. clack, clack, clack. i hate her. if she wasn't around, i'd be doing something interesting right now. i'd be climbing mount kilimanjaro. i'd be starring in the latest hollywood blockbuster. i'd be sailing the vendee globe on a 60-foot clipper called the new horizons—i don't know, but i'd be doing something. all of the following statements about this excerpt are true except: a. the narrator's tone is bitter. b. this excerpt is written in first-person point of view. c. based on this point of view, the reader can determine that the narrator is reliable. d. based on this point of view, the reader does not know what the wife is thinking or feeling.

Identify the noun clause in each sentence the jury didnt believe that the defendant was innocent

You have been given the assignment of speaking about the affects of illegal drug use on youth in america. which of the following types of research is likely not to be necessary while preparing for your speech? a. a government website with statistics on convictions for possession among adolescents under the age of 18 b. a library book about the pharmaceutical drug industry in america c. a recent article from cnn.com about a special home for teenagers addicted to drugs d. a website that provides support for parents whose children are in rehab

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.