Which answer option best states a theme from the passage? Amir paced back and forth behind the curtain and studied his note cards one last time. Principal Haskell stood at the podium. Soon he would introduce Amir, and Amir would have to give his speech to the entire school. Amir's palms were sweaty. His stomach churned as if dozens of butterflies were flitting around in there. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When Principal Haskell announced Amir's name, Amir steeled himself and stepped onstage. Those few minutes in front of the crowd were a blur, but afterward Amir felt light as air. He had done it. He had given his speech - and even done a pretty good job, judging from the applause. As Amir left the stage and walked to his seat, he couldn't stop smiling. O A. It can feel good to do something that you have been afraid of doing. O B. Amir is afraid to give a speech in front of the entire school. O C. Principal Haskell addresses the students before Amir does. O. D. If you try to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one.​

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings

What is one common characteristic of legends? they group similar facts into categories. they tell about technology of the future. they surround the solving of a crime. they attempt to explain natural events.

Of the three selections you read in this lesson, discuss the one story or poem that you think most closely represents the transcendentalist way of thinking.include textual evidence from both short story or poem and emerson or thoreau’s essay that you use as an example. you should have no less than eight to ten sentences.