Need this ! doing a 50 questions test read the passage from "fierce eyes." it was only my father, brother, and i who left. my mother stayed behind with my two teenage sisters for fear that the journey by boat to thailand would be too dangerous for them. toua and i were small (he was only three and i was nearly five), so the pirates would leave us alone. to be safe, my father cut off my hair and dressed me as a boy. which statement best describes this passage? the author presents a problem the characters face and its solution. the author compares and contrasts two settings within the story. the author uses dialogue to introduce descriptive details to the reader. the author uses descriptive details to introduce a setting in the story.

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

The students who were in favor of adopting the new curriculum wrote editorials for their local newspaper which of these best describes how the information in the editoralw is different from the information in the feature story

10. what is the purpose of the introduction in an essay? a. to establish the main idea of the essay. b. to focus on current statistics c. to explain the main idea to the reader d. to highlight the most important concepts