On pg 56( Treasure island ) Long John silver warns Jim, you can’t touch pitch and not be mucked , lad,. Although silver was talking about the parrot behavior, how might the admonition apply to Jim’s behavior? What lesson is Jim supposed to learn from Long John Silver ?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.

Which syllable is stressed with the word retribution