Item 9 Refer to your Expeditions in Reading book for a complete version of these texts.

How are the ideas presented in “Make Your Own Microscope” and “Stick to Real Microscopes” different?

1) The first text states that the magnifying power of a smartphone microscope is as good as a real microscope, but the second text presents evidence that real microscopes are much more precise.
2) “Make Your Own Microscope” states that the best thing about smartphone microscopes is that they can be taken into the field, but “Stick to Real Microscopes” denies that this is an important feature.

3) The first text includes reasons why making a smartphone microscope was positive for the author, but the second text explains how the author’s personal experience was negative.

4) “Make Your Own Microscope” claims that a smartphone microscope is an effective tool for everyone, but “Stick to Real Microscopes” proves that scientists would never use a smartphone microscope.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. which choice best describes the conflict in this poem? the winds are rocking the boat. a man is thrown into the sea. a woman doesn’t want to let go of her dead lover. someone is crying in the darkness.

Read these sentences from the first section of the article. because of this novel characteristic which singles out washington from other cities, coupled with the fact that the trees are now in full splendor, a short history of their appearance in the capital city is of interest. the first cherry trees were planted in washington by mrs. taft's request on april 4, 1909, just a month after she first made her home in the white house. what is the most likely reason why cobb includes these sentences in the first section? a- to establish himself as a credible authority on the topic of cherry trees b- to state the central idea and begin the narrative of how the trees arrived in washington, d.c. c- to create a sensory image for readers who are not familiar with cherry trees d- to build suspense as to how so many cherry trees arrived in washington, d.c.

Choose the correct type of literary text for the statement. if both types apply, be sure to choose the answer that includes both types. use(s) imagery? 1: poetry 2: poetry and prose 3: prose