Attack of the Dragons
Attack of the Dragons

If the Viking raids from the north and the Briton raids from the south weren’t bad enough, now we have a new challenge to our castle walls: dragons.

Here in Northumberland, summers are full of war. We are used to fighting in the summer. That’s when the lands to our north thaw enough for the Vikings to venture south to our lands hoping to steal our livestock and crops. Our walls, however, protect our farms. As the Norsemen try to come ashore, we fight them back with ease. Our arrows, bolts, and rock are more than enough to fend them off as they attempt to land on our beaches. They may not have what is ours, and soon they turn toward other coasts and other forts as ours are too strong for them.

Then come the Britons from the south. The Britons‘ claim to this land is admittedly greater than ours. They were here before the Romans and will probably outlast our Saxon rule, but that does not matter today. Today this land belongs to Ida the Saxon king, and we will hold it for him and his heirs. Their numbers cannot stand against our fortifications. Our steel is superior to theirs, as our swords and spears cut through their armor with ease. We have the higher ground, for Bamburg stands on a dolerite outcrop. Not only do we use the rock as our foundation, we have cut into the earth and used it to build our walls, and we launch our rocks toward our enemy as they attempt to storm the hill. With these rocks and our arrows and bolts, we cut half their army down before they even reach our battlements. Their spirit weakens as their forces are cut down, as we easily strike down those foolish enough not to break ranks and run. No man can defeat us once we lock ourselves behind these walls. We have plenty of land and cattle here. We can outlast any siege. Thanks to Lord Ida of Bernecia, we are protected.

Lord Ida had us build this stronghold high above the shore, and we are invincible from attacks by land and sea, but now we must deal with airborne enemies as well.

The dragons have come out of the East somewhere and bring with them fire. They attack when the sun is high. They know our bows and crossbows are worthless against them, as our arrows and bolts bounce off their thick hide. They swoop down and take our sheep in their claws and maws, returning to whereever they came from before dusk with a fifth of our provisions. The fire drives our bravest men inside as we cower with the women and children, hoping to avoid the death that the dragons bring.

Aston, the ironsmith, and his fisherman brother, Aethel, claim to have a solution. They have combined their tools and designed a contraption that might bring the winged monsters out of the sky. Fishing nets with iron barbs launched from paired ballistae. The ballista is a giant crossbow left from the Roman invasions. The contraptions take three men to crank, and aiming the ballistae pairs has proven difficult, but we hope to fight when they return tomorrow.

Nets are weighted down with iron spikes. As we launch the projectiles at the dragons, we hope to drop them into the sea, or at least pin them to the ground where our swords and spears can do harm. Aethel believes that dragons falling into the water will surely drown, and Aston believes that we should attack the wings of the grounded dragons so that they cannot escape our mighty warriors. But that lesson is for tomorrow when the dragons return at high noon. Tonight we plan our attack and hope our weapons prove their design.

Based on the information found in the passage, which invaders attack the Saxons by land?

A
the Vikings

B
the dragons

C
the Britons

D
the Romans

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for the sake of rhetorical effect, refers to one thing while simultaneously addressing another. Clarity may be offered (or obscured), and it may also reveal unnoticed connections between two disparate concepts.

Metaphors and other figurative language devices like antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy, and simile are frequently contrasted. Similes and metaphors are frequently contrasted.

A metaphor is described as "a condensed analogy," "analogical fusion," "operating in a similar way," "based on the same mental process," or even that "the essential processes of analogy are at work in metaphor," among other things.

Additionally, it is noted that the distinction between a metaphor and an analogy is hazy and that it could be conceptualized (metaphorically) as the distance between the objects being compared.

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1. Cheetah

113 km/hr (70 mph)

They can accelerate from 0 - 60 mph in only 3 seconds.

2. Pronghorn Antelope

98 km/hr (61 mph)

They have a large heart and lungs which help them to go so fast.

3. Springbok

90 km/hr (56 mph)

They are extremely agile animals, they can leap 4 m into the air and jump up to 15 m in length.

4. Quarterhorse

88.5 km/hr (55 mph)

They excel at sprinting short distances.

5 = Thomson's Gazelle

80 km/hr (50 mph)

They have the ability to out last cheetah's in long chases and they can make swifter turns.

5 = Blue Wildebeest

80 km/hr (50 mph)

In order to defend themselves from predators, they run in large herds.

5 = Lion

80 km/hr (50 mph)

When hunting they combine stealth with bursts of speed.

8 = Elk

72 km/hr (45 mph)

They can outrun their main predators, grey wolves, coyotes and dogs.

8 = African Wild Dog

72 km/hr (45 mph)

They are endurance runners and they can achieve an average speed of 48 km/hr (30 mph) over a distance of 4.8 km (3 miles).

10. Coyote

69 km/hr (43 mph)

They use their speed to hunt rabbits, mice, squirrels and livestock.

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Answer: 1. Cheetah

120.7 km / 75 m per hour

2. Pronghorn

88.5 km / 55 m per hour

3. Springbok

88 km / 55 m per hour

4. Wildebeest

80.5 km / 50 m per hour

5. Lion

80.5 km / 50 m per hour

6. Blackbuck

80 km / 50 m per hour

7. Hare

80 km / 50 m per hour

8. Greyhound

74 km / 46 m per hour

9. Kangaroo

71 km / 44 m per hour

10. African wild dog

71 km / 44 m per hour

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The characteristics of distress are represented by worry and anxiety.

Option A is the correct answer.

Anxiety refers to the scenario when an individual takes an extreme level of tension which might cause them the problem of depression.

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Amendment 3 states that citizens don't have to house soldiers.

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When America was a part of Great Britain the British had a law that stated that colonists had to provide food and shelter to soldiers in their own home. This was part of the Intolerable acts.

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Ethical journalism should be accurate and fair. Journalists should be honest and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.

Journalists should:

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Act Independently

The highest and primary obligation of ethical journalism is to serve the public.

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Incomplete question. I assumed you are referring to the article found on the History website entitled, "The Battle of Shiloh"

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A. There were heavy casualties at the Battle of Shiloh.

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