English, 26.10.2020 22:30 imstressed
Why would Simon Wheeler tell the narrator of the story about Jim Smiley rather than the Reverend Leonidas W. Smiley?
He wanted to create a problem for Jim Smiley.
The author thought it would be more entertaining to write it this way.
He couldn't find the preacher.
He knew Jim Smiley wouldn't care in the least that the Reverend knew.
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English, 22.06.2019 00:30
The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these
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English, 22.06.2019 10:00
Apoem that expresses deep, personal grief is called a a.) free verse b.) traditional lyric forms c.) narrative style
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English, 22.06.2019 12:30
Match the bolded words in the excerpts to their contextual meanings. unoriginal well-groomed numerous he was a gentleman from sole to crown, clean favored and imperially slim. (from "richard cory" by edwin arlington robinson) this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile, and mouth with myriad subtleties. (from "we wear the mask" by paul lawrence dunbar) . .if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are useful. when they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand. . (from "poetry" by marianne moore)
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