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The Book of Dragons
Chapter III The Deliverers of Their Country, an excerpt
By E. Nesbit

It all began with Effie's getting something in her eye. It hurt very much indeed, and it felt something like a red-hot spark—only it seemed to have legs as well, and wings like a fly. Effie rubbed and cried—not real crying, but the kind your eye does all by itself without your being miserable inside your mind—and then she went to her father to have the thing in her eye taken out. Effie's father was a doctor, so of course he knew how to take things out of eyes.

When he had gotten the thing out, he said: "This is very curious." Effie had often got things in her eye before, and her father had always seemed to think it was natural—rather tiresome and naughty perhaps, but still natural. He had never before thought it curious.

Effie stood holding her handkerchief to her eye, and said: "I don't believe it's out." People always say this when they have had something in their eyes.

"Oh, yes—it's out," said the doctor. "Here it is, on the brush. This is very interesting."

Effie had never heard her father say that about anything that she had any share in. She said: "What?"

The doctor carried the brush very carefully across the room, and held the point of it under his microscope—then he twisted the brass screws of the microscope, and looked through the top with one eye.

"Dear me," he said. "Dear, dear me! Four well-developed limbs; a long caudal appendage; five toes, unequal in lengths, almost like one of the Lacertidae, yet there are traces of wings." The creature under his eye wriggled a little in the castor oil, and he went on: "Yes; a bat-like wing. A new specimen, undoubtedly. Effie, run round to the professor and ask him to be kind enough to step in for a few minutes."

"You might give me sixpence, Daddy," said Effie, "because I did bring you the new specimen. I took great care of it inside my eye, and my eye does hurt."

The doctor was so pleased with the new specimen that he gave Effie a shilling, and presently the professor stepped round. He stayed to lunch, and he and the doctor quarreled very happily all the afternoon about the name and the family of the thing that had come out of Effie's eye.

But at teatime another thing happened. Effie's brother Harry fished something out of his tea, which he thought at first was an earwig. He was just getting ready to drop it on the floor, and end its life in the usual way, when it shook itself in the spoon—spread two wet wings, and flopped onto the tablecloth. There it sat, stroking itself with its feet and stretching its wings, and Harry said: "Why, it's a tiny newt!"

The professor leaned forward before the doctor could say a word. "I'll give you half a crown for it, Harry, my lad," he said, speaking very fast; and then he picked it up carefully on his handkerchief.

"It is a new specimen," he said, "and finer than yours, Doctor."

It was a tiny lizard, about half an inch long—with scales and wings.

So now the doctor and the professor each had a specimen, and they were both very pleased. But before long these specimens began to seem less valuable. For the next morning, when the knife-boy was cleaning the doctor's boots, he suddenly dropped the brushes and the boot and the blacking, and screamed out that he was burnt.

And from inside the boot came crawling a lizard as big as a kitten, with large, shiny wings.

"Why," said Effie, "I know what it is. It is a dragon like the one St. George killed."

And Effie was right. That afternoon Towser was bitten in the garden by a dragon about the size of a rabbit, which he had tried to chase, and the next morning all the papers were full of the wonderful "winged lizards" that were appearing all over the country. The papers would not call them dragons, because, of course, no one believes in dragons nowadays—and at any rate the papers were not going to be so silly as to believe in fairy stories. At first there were only a few, but in a week or two the country was simply running alive with dragons of all sizes, and in the air you could sometimes see them as thick as a swarm of bees. They all looked alike except as to size. They were green with scales, and they had four legs and a long tail and great wings like bats' wings, only the wings were a pale, half-transparent yellow, like the gear-boxes on bicycles.

Based on the rising action in the bolded paragraphs, what do we know about Daddy? (5 points)

He is calm and curious.
He is angry and upset.
He is hysterical.
He is uninterested and bored.

Answer:

He is calm and curious

Why did Scrooge need to be shown these two children? What did Scrooge learn that he did not know before?

The use of what type of early money led to the current system of dollars, half dollars, and quarters? wampum

British coins

pine-tree shillings

Spanish milled dollar

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(1986. July 21)
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President Trump’s policy and President Elect Biden’s policy on Nuclear Energy. Is nuclear energy poised to be part of America’s future? Explain why or why not.

Compare and contrast the two newspaper articles. Explain the similarities and differences in each article’s point of view about the incident and the rescue of the passengers. “Conflicting News Reports on the Fate of the
Sinking Titanic”

Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free.

Why does Dr. King's allude to the Emancipation Proclamation in his speech?


A. The allusion reflects Dr. King's importance since it refers to another important figure in American history: President Lincoln.


B. The allusion demonstrates Dr. King's belief that equality was achieved with the Emancipation Proclamation.


C. The allusion reminds the audience that 100 years have passed since the Emancipation Proclamation, yet inequality still exists.


D. The allusion indicates to the audience that enslaving people was always illegal in the United States.

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My cat stared “curiously” at the toy truck.
O preposition
O conjunction
O interjection
O adverb

In the text titled, "Five reasons why being kind makes you feel good —according to science", the authors discuss the relationship between acts of kindness and happiness. Write a short informative essay and explain what people can do to be a little kinder to each other every day, andas a result, be happier?

Identify the subject.

My father built a new shed in the back yard.
father
built
shed
yard

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Combine the two ideas into a single sentence.

In the myth about the meeting of the animals, Grizzly Bear:

disagreed with Porcupine's plan.

was voted the smartest of all of the animals.

wanted there to be shorter winters and longer summers.

None of the choices are correct.

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Figurative Language: "Solitary as an oyster" is what type of figurative language. A comparison is make using "like or as."
A metaphor
B simile

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1 You hear a young singer talking about his childhood. What is he grateful for? being encouraged to sing by his father. being exposed to music at an early age. inheriting his mother's talent as a singer.

How does King structure his speech? (R.I 2.5) Group of answer choices All of the above. He uses rhetorical devices such as parallelism and repetition to help the audience understand his purpose. He uses extended metaphors and familiar allusions to make his points clear to the audience. He has a central idea and then moves from one point to another in support of his idea.

Which details from the text support the inference that Miss Emilie thinks Lily should be working harder but Lily's mother does not? Select two options.

A) "I had assumed you would have come here straight from school since we only have a few days to prepare for your audition," Miss Emilie said, tapping her foot impatiently.

B) After a backbreaking practice that day and equally challenging rehearsals for several days after that, Lily returned home completely exhausted the night before her audition.

C) "Lily, sweetheart, I am worried that you are working much too hard for this audition," her mother said. "I wish you would find some perspective and realize that ballet is not the most important thing in the world."

D) "Mom, how could you say that to me? I have been working for ten years for this," Lily said, impervious to her mother's words.

E) ...she looked out at the adoring faces of her parents and Kip watching with unconditional love and support from their seats. She glanced over at the serious but endlessly dedicated face of Miss Emilie simultaneously watching her from backstage.

Which of the following statements reflects the main message of Lincoln's address?

All African Americans were entitled to the same rights as white Americans.

The Civil War was unnecessary and ridiculous and the fighting needed to stop immediately.

Slaves should be freed and should receive the rights to vote and to own property.

None of the choices are correct.

To Kill A Mockingbird:
What are 2 key symbols in the text and what motifs (ideas) do they represent?

Which group of domain-specific words belongs only to the science domain, rather than appearing in multiple domains?

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1) Which sentence uses a figure of speech?
Our conversation, like the storm clouds forming and
A) dispersing above us, never could get anywhere
definite.
The music of the marching band outside wafted
B) inside the gymnasium where the boys were
practicing basketball
The gymnasium had to close down for a few weeks
while the managers had the floor redone to replace
broken tile.
All of the kids in the hallway sat down at one time
D) and got out their lunches, refusing to eat in the
cafeteria.

is the grammar correct in this sentence?
"However, reality tends to have positive and negative aspects in the majority of decisions and situations; and divorce is no exception."

Which excerpts from Act III of Hamlet show that plot events have resulted in Claudius feeling guilty? Select 3 options. Claudius: I like him not, nor stands it safe with us To let his madness range. Claudius: I your commission will forthwith dispatch, And he to England shall along with you. Claudius: A brother's murder! Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will: Claudius: Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow? Claudius: But, O! what form of prayer Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder?'​

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