A Three-Point Turn

Chapter 1

"You know, hardly anyone ever needs to do a three-point turn anymore," said Justin, trying to help Becky calm down.

"Oh, so it's not a useful skill AND I am probably going to fail the driving test because I can't do it anyway," Becky said, raising her voice for emphasis. "That should make me feel like a million bucks when I flunk."

Justin was riding with Becky so she could take her driving test. He had volunteered for the job because he thought she would be less nervous with him than with their mom, but so far, he wasn't sure he was making any difference.

"Slow down, your turn is coming up here," he said, looking ahead.

"I know, I know," she replied, "I've been here before remember—the last time I flunked."

Justin was pretty sure if he had let her miss the turn, things would only have deteriorated further, but he wasn't sure he was fond of being the scapegoat for Becky's anxiety.

"Listen, you need to take a few deep breaths," he said, hoping he could help her at least relax a bit. "Being nervous won't help you with the three-point turn or anything else you have to do. Hey, did you just take that turn without your turn signal on?" This was going to be harder than he thought.

"Stop yelling at me," Becky replied, clearly frustrated, "I can't concentrate."

"Look, you need to stop and get yourself together here," Justin started. "It is not just about passing the driving test. I don't want to get in an accident, so pull into that parking lot."

Becky drove into the office building's parking lot where Justin was pointing. Justin knew they were less than a mile from the licensing office, and if she continued in this condition, he'd be having this same discussion three months from now when she tried the test again for the third time.

"You need to get a grip," he started after she put the car in park, "because you have studied and practiced driving all year. You know this stuff inside and out, backwards and forwards. What are you so nervous about?"

"I don't know, I don't know," Becky wailed, resting her head on the steering wheel. "I just get so tired of failing."

Listening quietly as Becky sobbed, Justin realized this was about much more than a driving test. He also knew if he didn't find a way to help Becky things would just get worse.

Chapter 2

Justin took a deep breath and collected his thoughts. Becky was an unbelievably consistent straight-A student. It was Justin who got the bad grades in school, and Justin who had to repeat every math class he'd ever taken. It was Justin who wished he could get the grades Becky got. Some things came easier for Justin: He was athletic, handy with tools, and good at making the best of whatever life threw at him. Mom called him her "lemons into lemonade" kid. But for the most part, Becky succeeded easily, whereas Justin had to work and work to just get a passing grade.

Rather than having Becky catalogue all the things she supposedly "failed" at, Justin decided to try an alternative approach, one that wouldn't remind him of all the ways he had failed.

"Okay, Becky, let's assume for a moment you fail this test again. What is the worst thing that could happen?" he asked.

"I would be the oldest kid at school without a license and be humiliated," she replied. Justin thought he heard a bit of panic in her voice but continued with his plan.

"Yes, but won't we still have to drive to school together for at least one more year anyway?" he asked.

"Yes, but..." she started.

"And who will know, if you don't tell anyone except your friends, that you don't have your license? You know Mom can't afford another car just for you, right?"

"Yes," she said quietly.

"So what difference does it make, really," he said. "Another three months to wait in the grand scheme of your life doesn't seem like all that long, right?"

"I suppose not," she said.

Justin could tell she was breathing more slowly now. "Besides," he said, "I would miss all the practice driving with you," and for good measure he reached over and pinched her arm.

"Ow," she said, hitting back at him, "that hurt."

"So let's go do this, okay?

"Okay," she said. Becky cranked up the car, backed slowly out of the parking spot and drove up to the parking lot's exit. Justin noticed, as they waited for the traffic to clear, that she had remembered the turn signal.

Which is true of both Chapter 1 and Chapter 2? (5 points)

a
Both include characters who speak very little.
b
Both include large sections of descriptive text.
c
Both use mainly dialogue to develop the characters.
d
Both use the narrator to explain the conflict.

Answer:

Explanation:

Both chapters have a lot of dialogues which tell about the characters. So the answer is c . Both use mainly dialogue to develop the characters.

Answer:

Explanation:

two ppl talked a lot in both chapters so ans is

c

Both use mainly dialogue to develop the characters.

a person who travels in space​

Why does Dee leave the house so abruptly?

Paul explains a mishap in the factory to his supervisor Shi Xian. John tells him exactly where the miscommunication occurred and who was at fault. Now, Paul is trying to understand why his boss seems more cold and distant and why less desirable assignments are coming his way. In this scenario, John may need to learn _____. A. to use a less indirect style of communication B. that honesty is not always the best policy in intercultural contexts C. how to slow down and sneak up on information D. to be more formal in his interactions

Read the excerpt from The Land.

I shrugged as if that was the best I could do for him. "I figure I lose my job, I can get along on that for a while 'til I find another one. Can't do it for less."

Mister Ray Sutcliffe from Alabama did not look pleased. "All right. All right. I'm going to pay you what you asking, this four times a rider's wages—but only if you win, you hear? You lose, boy, and you get nothing."

This dialogue advances the plot of the story by showing that Paul

is going to win the race.
is going to lose his job.
will participate in the race.
will earn money from Sutcliffe.

PLEASE ANSWER LOL
Which phrase best defines the term rhetoric?

A) a brief, concise statement that clearly states an opinion

B) the initial paragraph that piques interest, reveals the essay topic, and states a claim

C) the art of using effective word choices and figurative language to persuade

D) a phrase that means something different than the literal words that make up the saying

Which word in the sentence is a compound word?

The builders installed a refrigerator and a dishwasher in the kitchen.

A. builders
B. installed
C. refrigerator
D. dishwasher

What leads to Douglass final decision regarding whether to escape or not to escape

Read this passage:
Stephen often thought of Elizabeth when the long nights
on the train seemed to last forever. She was so that
thinking of her helped drown out the sounds of the train
whistle and the other passengers' snoring.
Which phrase best fits into the blank and matches the overall meaning and
tone of the passage?
A. extremely lovely
B. unusually thoughtful
C. remarkably cruel
D. particularly strange

The women shoo away the group of children near the hut because

Hello!

Can anyone tell that is it true if you put a tooth in a plant and it will grow? or can it help a plant grow?
Sorry for weird question...
Cause today my tooth came out that's why lol.. ​

whos bored any one have anything to say or do​

Read the excerpt from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Let there be then no coercion established in society, and the common law of gravity prevailing, the sexes will fall into their proper places. And, now that more equitable laws are forming your citizens, marriage may become more sacred: your young men may choose wives from motives of affection, and your maidens allow love to root out vanity. What is the central idea of the excerpt

do i say:
a country’s weak economic condition
or
a country’s weak economical condition
???

Imagine Alice has returned from her journey down the rabbit hole and is retelling the events to her sister. Write a story from Alice's point of view, in which Alice explains what happened to her after she reached the bottom of the rabbit hole

Help plz i need help passive voice :)

What are 2 examples of RHYME in the poem?

Which sentence describes the rising action of the story?

how does the enjambment in this excerpt affect how you read the poem ?

Which verb form is used to indicate the perfect tense?

which of the following are run-ons? there can be more than one correct answer:

1. There's been a lot of research with dogs and how dogs interact with people. 2. It's become very clear that dogs perceive us as being different than themselves, as soon as they see a human, they change their behavior. 3. The way a dog plays with a human is completely different from the way it plays with a dog. 4. We've yet to discover anything about cat behavior that suggests they have a separate box they put us in when they're socializing with us. 5. They obviously know we're bigger than them but they don't seem to have adapted their social behavior much. 6. Putting their tails up in the air, rubbing around our legs, and sitting beside us and grooming us are exactly what cats do to each other.
A. 1
B.2
C.3
D.4
E.5
F.6

What technique would an author be most likely to use to make sentences memorable

1. Whitewall is...
a. The oldest person in the Enclave
b. Deuce's best friend
C. The keeper of artifacts
d. Deuce's new partner

The presence of a determiner such as some or a marks the beginning of a word group which must contain
a noun
a verb
an adjective
an adverb
none of these

What is the main reason a speaker might use exclusive language?

to establish the speaker’s credibility
to highlight differences between opposing sides
to provide facts that will tap into the audience’s emotions
to appeal to an audience's sense of hope

Ad hominem red herring false analogy false dilemma Excerpt Logical Fallacy Our current mayor has been in politics for over 25 years. It is time that we have a younger mayor, so we can have fresh ideas to make our city better. arrowRight Driving to work instead of using public transportation is like not eating everything on your plate. It wastes valuable resources. arrowRight Increasing our city's debt to improve our roads is better than letting all our cars be destroyed because of all the pot holes. arrowRight It is true that the city council did approve a tax for a new road construction project. However, our city needs to attract more businesses to stabilize our economy. arrowRight

HELP PLEASE !

Too Fast

Batnik’s father was a great inventor. He had created many things that made people’s lives easier. One of his inventions was a car that could operate on both water and land; this car was Batnik’s favorite. On water, it could float and travel at speeds up to 80 miles per hour. But on land, it could travel at speeds over 200 miles per hour. Batnik’s father had created this special car to help people from their island get to the mainland and other islands faster. When Batnik's father was a boy, the only method of travel from one island to another was by ferry, and the trip often took hours. People who were sick and needed medical help from the mainland would have to endure the long crossing or not go at all because of delays. Batnik’s father loved his homeland and wanted to ease the burden on the people, so he created the water car.

When he showed the car to Batnik, Batnik’s father warned Batnik that the car should not be driven at the maximum speed on land or water because the engine could burst into flame. One day when his father was away, Batnik decided that he wanted to show the car to his friends. He drove it on the water, at first going only half the possible speed. Then, as his excitement grew, he increased his speed on the water and was nearing maximum speed. When he reached the land, he continued to accelerate. His exhilaration grew. Like the mythological Greek boy Icarus, who flew too close to the sun, Batnik forgot his father’s warning and pushed the gas pedal to the floor. When the car exceeded 200 miles per hour, it burst into flames.
How is the character of Batnik's father in “Too Fast” similar to Pan in "Pan: God of the Wild"?

Both have skills that yield positive and negative results.

Both cause the deaths of their children.

Both are powerful nature gods.

Both have the ability to affect future events.

Epoch in a sentence

someone help me on this

Which line of poetry is made up of lambs?
A. I am so busily talking with Vonnegut
B. At first I thought I'd never see
C. Little bitty people walking
O D. Roses are red

write an argumetative essay discussing the topic about homeschooling

Which statement best describes the function of a body paragraph in a rhetorical analysis essay?
O It identifies the rhetorical situation and uses examples to explain how it supports the thesis.
It provides a specific example of a rhetorical strategy and explains how that strategy supports the thesis.
O It provides a summary of the claims and evidence presented in a rhetorical analysis essay.
It identifies several examples of rhetorical strategies that an author could have used to support the thesis.