Although the atmosphere can be a nuisance to stargazers - especially when it is cloudy – it is an essential part of the life-support system of our Spaceship Earth. Explain why ‘the atmosphere can be a nuisance to stargazers’

Use the two columns to sort the characters into the appropriate households to indicate which side of the feud each character is on romeo capulet montague benvolio tybalt mercutio the nurse juliet previous activity

Connie has 4 lists about trees in her notes. which of her lists gives names of products that we can get from trees?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile