1 Select the correct texts in the passage,
In the adapted excerpt from Herman Melville's short story "The Lightning-Rod Man," which two statements best support an objective summary
of the excerpt?
A).Hark! There go all the granite Taconics and Hoosics dashed together like pebbles. By the sound, that must have struck something. B) An elevation of five feet above the house, will protect twenty feet radius all about the rod. Only twenty dollars, sir- a dollar a foot. Hark! -Dreadful!- Will you order? Will you buy? Shall I put your name? C) Think of a heap of charred wood and all in one flash!” D) “You pretend envoy extraordinary and an agent to and from Jupiter Tonans,” E) laughed I; “ you mere man who come here to put you and your Pilates between clay and sky, do you think that because you can strike a bit of green light from the Leyden jar, that you can thoroughly avert the supernal bolt? Your rod rusts, or breaks, and where are you? F) Who empowered you, you Tezsl, to peddle round your indulgence from divine ordinations? The hairs of our heads are numbered, and the days of our lives. In thunder as in sunshine, I stand at ease. False negotiator, away! G) See, the scroll of the storm is rolled back; the house is unharmed; and in the blue heavens I read the rainbow, and will not make war on man’s earth.”

    prior to dee leaving home, the everyday objects in her household were just that- everyday objects. she took no special notice of any of them. however, once she returns home, all of these objects represent great culture significance to her. she is incredibly enthused about how great the wooden benches and old quilts are because she thinks it is in-style to be in touch with her own culture.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

at hatfield elementary school, there are 504 students in 7 classes. each class has the same number of students. what is a good estimate of the number of students in each class?

"it's more of an essay than story, but perhaps it is best described as a mood-piece: it uses a lot of musical imagery, not to mention sea imagery, religious imagery, and any other imagery that suits his purpose."