V LAGI. wrap up
Read the following excerpt from Robinson Crusoe, in which Crusoe decides to
leave England:
I consulted neither father nor mother any more, nor so
much as sent them word of it; but leaving them to hear of it
as they might, without asking God's blessing or my father's,
without any consideration of circumstances or
consequences, and in an ill hour, God knows, on the 1st of
September 1651, I went on board a ship bound for London.
Never any young adventurer's misfortunes, I believe, began
sooner, or continued longer than mine.
Based on the context of this excerpt, what does the phrase "without asking
God's blessing" convey about the time in which this story was written?
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A. It shows that the people of Defoe's time asked for God's blessing
only when they knew that it would be granted.
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B. It suggests that people of Defoe's time were religious and usually
looked to God to help them make decisions.
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C. It indicates that the people of Defoe's time cared little for what

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

The man took strong sharp sudden bites, just like the dog. the figurative language in this excerpt serves to a. give the convict animalistic qualities. b. provide a relatable example of how the convict ate. c. set a scary mood. d. use alliteration to catch the reader's attention.

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.