Even the native Alaska Tlingit Indians that live near Juneau have integrated this peculiar mystery into their religious culture. They believe an evil spirit named Kushtaka, a cross between a man and an otter, captures people who have drowned or gotten lost, whisking them away to his realm never to be seen again.

Evil spirits or not, the rate of people reported missing in Alaska is almost twice the national average. While many cases involve runaways or people who return home, Alaska also has the highest percentage of missing people who are never found [source: Tizon].

In 2007, Alaska state troopers added 2,833 missing person notices to their Missing Persons Clearinghouse that maintains all related information [source: Alaska Governor’s Office]. In a state with just over 670,000 residents, that figure averages out to about four in every 1,000 people.

Along with missing persons reports, state troopers oversee search and rescue operations. In 2007, they performed 42 missions related to overdue hikers, 85 related to overdue boaters and 100 related to overdue snow machine operators who were temporarily missing [source: Alaska Governor’s Office]. The Civil Air Service also assists with search and rescue missions, and Alaska’s branch received the most state funding and saved the most lives in 2006 out of all other state branches [source: Civil Air Service].

Why are so many people becoming lost or stranded, sometimes forever, in Alaska? Is a Kushtaka spirit skulking in the wild or is Mother Nature to blame?

What effect do the numbers and statistics have in this piece?
A.
They support the claim that there must be an unexplained force in Alaska that is causing people to go missing.
B.
They are meant to refute the claim that a mystical force is to blame for people who go missing in Alaska.
C.
They are meant to illustrate the supreme efficiency of Alaska’s Civil Air Service.
D.
They establish and support the claim that Alaska has an exceptionally high rate of missing persons.
E.
They support the claim that Alaska is a frightening environment with many unexplained phenomena.

Answer:

D

Explanation:

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What text evidence supports our essential question that Anne Frank was experiencing a crisis?

A. You could not do this and you could not do that. They forced Father out of his business. We had to wear yellow stars. I had to turn in my bike. I couldn’t go to a Dutch school any more. I couldn’t go to the movies, or ride in an automobile or even on a streetcar, and a million other things.

B. The curtain rises on an empty stage. It is late afternoon November, 1945. The rooms are dusty, the curtains in rags. Chairs and tables are overturned.

C. From the street below, we hear the sound of a barrel organ and children's voices at play. There is a many-colored scarf hanging from a nail.
MR. FRANK takes it, putting it around his neck.

D. MIEP: Mr. Frank, you can't leave here! This is your home! Amsterdam is your home. Your business is here, waiting for you... You're needed here... Now that the war is over, there are things that...

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Please write a claim arguing that the colonies should not engage in war. (Virginia Conversation)

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write a short scene, in first person showing a time you were underestimated.

Your friend Olivia believes that all people in society have a part to play. Every role is critical to making the world work in order—even ones that might be thought of as negative. Which sociological perspective would Olivia MOST likely agree with?

A.
functionalist

B.
conflict

C.
interactionist

D.
capitalist

100 POINTS!!!! What does Ensler suggest by her descriptions and explanation of “the elusive nature of security”?


What does she mean by the term hard matter identity?


What is the “new paradigm” she discusses? (A paradigm is a system, organization, or pattern of behavior, beliefs, or practices.) How are the examples of those people who are willing to compromise their security essential to creating a new way of thinking and a new form of security?


How do those who risk their security open up a dialogue and discussion and promote a sense of inclusion in unlikely places?


What, in Ensler’s opinion, are some of the consequences of the desire to feel secure?


Ensler is actively working to raise social consciousness because of what she sees as the desecration (destruction) “of the primary resource of the world.” What messages or themes are you left with from Ensler’s work and activism?


How do you think security influences your sense of self, identity, and understanding of the world around you? Does Ensler’s talk seem relevant to you? Why or why not?

Read the first sentence of the selection.

Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth bank, where a dim and little-traveled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland.

The author’s syntax and use of repetition establishes a tone that is ––


A. cynical

B. malicious

C. foreboding

D. tranquil

Simba found some fascinating objects on his camping trip. He picked up several eagle feathers and a rattlesnake skin near his tent.
a)Cause and Effect
b)Example
c)Sequence

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Click an item in the list or group of pictures at the bottom of the problem and, holding the button down, drag it into the correct position in the answer box. Release your mouse button when the item is place. If you change your mind, drag the item to the trashcan. Click the trashcan to clear all your answers. Which syllable key would you use to unlock each root? Put the correct key on the correct lock to "unlock" the root and make it a word. If you need to, check your word in the dictionary.

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What is correct about the spinner landing on a 1 or a 2
A. Certain
B. Unlikely
C. Impossible
D. Very likely

PART A: Which statement identifies the central idea of the text?


A.Switzer’s first participation in the Boston Marathon and her activism challenged people’s ideas about long-distance female runners.


B.After Switzer’s accomplishment in the first Boston Marathon, people stopped attempting to exclude female runners from marathons.


C. Men originally didn’t allow women to compete in long-distance marathons because they were afraid a woman would win.


D. While there were never any official rules that kept women from competing in marathons, people used fear and violence to dissuade them.

from Inaugural Address
by President John F. Kennedy

In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.
Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need—not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.
Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.

Select all the correct answers.
Which two statements best describe the purpose of the passage?
The purpose of the passage is to let people know that weapons are needed, but they need not simply be used in battle.
The purpose of the passage is to inspire Americans to be selfless in their service to the nation and the world.
The purpose of the passage is to invoke all Americans to fight against poverty, disease, and war, for the betterment of mankind.
The purpose of the passage is to inform Americans about the nation's rich, historic past.
The purpose of the passage is to let the world know that the American soldiers have fought bravely in the war.

Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Animal Farm.
November came, with raging south-west winds. Building had to stop because it was now too wet to mix the cement. Finally there came a night when the gale was so violent that the farm buildings rocked on their foundations and several tiles were blown off the roof of the barn. The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance. In the morning the animals came out of their stalls to find that the flagstaff had been blown down and an elm tree at the foot of the orchard had been plucked up like a radish.

How does the pacing of this passage affect the reader's interpretation of the text?
Select three options.
A) The flashback to earlier events helps readers understand what caused the storms.
B) The slowing of the pace shows readers the cause of the windmill’s destruction.
C) The slowing of the pace creates suspense for readers about what is to come.
D) Speeding up the pace of the text brings it to the climax of the windmill’s destruction.
E) The slowing of the pace gives readers details about the storm and its aftermath.

Based on the excerpt, why does Cassius ask Pindarus to stab him?

Cassius would rather die than be captured.

The ghost of Caesar convinces him to end his life.

He is too cowardly to fight with Octavius and Antony.

Cassius feels guilty about killing Caesar.

Now that you know what a character trait is Think of what it isn’t list as many non examples as you can

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Why might Akala say that we should teach Shakespeare?

1) Which best describes the point of view of this argument?

Tindell believes that students should only read the

greatest plays by Shakespeare.

Tindell advocates for reading other great Elizabethan

playwrights besides Shakespeare.

Tindell believes that students should not read plays

by Shakespeare in the future anymore.

D)

Tindell thinks that reading some of Shakespeare's

bad plays may help students better appreciate his

greatest works.

Which words in the excerpt have positive connotations?

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Reflect and expand on the following quote: “A single sunbeam is enough
to drive away many shadows.” – St. Francis of Assisi



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Spring and Fall
by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Márgarét, áre you gríeving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Leáves like the things of man, you
With your fresh thoughts care for, can you?
Ah! ás the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
And yet you wíll weep and know why.
Now no matter, child, the name:
Sórrow’s spríngs áre the same.
Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed
What heart heard of, ghost guessed:
It ís the blight man was born for,
It is Margaret you mourn for.

Which statement best expresses the theme of "Spring and Fall"?


Innocence is best left in childhood.


Nature is the best place to meditate.


Children cannot understand death.


The loss of a child's innocence should be mourned.

Question: When Alice uses "addressing," she means Answer: Talking to Question: When the Queen says "a-dressing," she means Answer: Getting dressed

Imagine that you are stranded on a deserted island and you have only a tiny piece of paper with an even smaller pencil. Write a letter to a friend using extremely short words and as many abbreviations as possible. What message will you send in a bottle?

Which writing approach would best address the purpose and audience of this
prompt?
Choose your favorite character from a book and present that character
to the other students in your English class in a way that makes them
want to read the book.
O A. Deliver a persuasive speech convincing your classmates that this
book is superior to other books.
B. Write an essay for your teacher that explains how special your
relationship with this character is.
C. Write a humorous monologue in the voice of your character that
shows your classmates how interesting he or she is.
D. Design a poster for your classmates that lists your chosen
character's positive and negative qualities.