toby took the nuts offered and seated himself on a convient stone to eat them and at the same time to see all that was going on the coming of a circus to the little town of guilford was an event and toby had hardly thought of anything else since the highly colored posters had first been put up it was yet quite ealy in the morning and the tents were just being eracted by the men toby had followed with eager eyes everything that looked okay as if it belonged to the circus from the time the first wagon had entered the town until the street parade had been made and everything was being prepared for the afternoon performance which selection from this text an excerpt from toby tyler by james otis best demonstrates how his use of the third person limited point of view helps develop the idea of tobys passion for the circus

Which words best describes the speakers?

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes

Answer the questions below about benjamin franklin's autobiography and the interesting narrative life of olaudah equiano, or gustavus vassa, the african. a.) how are the structures of these autobiographies similar? b.) what is similar about the lives of these two men?