Independent Practice B... klentify the subject, verb, and direct object if there is one in cach sentence. Then tell whether the verb is transitive or intransitive
6. Scientists find new stars all the time
Subject
Verb
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Transitive or Intransitive?
7. New stars fou from clouds of dust and gas
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Verb
Transitive or Intransitive?
DO?
8. Gravity pulls these clouds together
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Verb
Transitive or Intensitive?
DO?
9. The contracting cloud matter becomes hot.
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Transitive or Intransitive?
Verb
DO?
10. A star will bum its hydrogen for millions of years
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Verb
Transitive or Intransitive?
DO?

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

Which line from the story of my life by helen keller is an example of a simile? during the whole trip i did not have one fit of temper, there were so many things to keep my mind and fingers busy. i was like that ship before my education began, only i was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. one day, while i was playing with my new doll, miss sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both. child as i was, i at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared dr. bell to so many hearts, as his wonderful achievements enlist their admiration.

Which passage is an example of rising action in edgar allan poe`s "the black cat