20 points for whoever me! read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows: musical theatre changed my life. when i was a child, i was always a problem for my parents. i never wanted to go to school, study my homework, or do my chores. no one knew how to control me. my mom once said that she was at her wits' end by the time i turned 13 years old. the truth was that i had become insecure, and i hid from my fears by pretending to be too "bored" to do any real work. that was when my parents signed me up for stage classes. acting and singing not only showed me my true potential, they taught me an essential fact: life is a team effort, and we all have different skills that we use together to make progress. through lessons, sweat, and tears, my experience of working in musical theatre has me become the well-rounded adult i am today. i am forever to my parents for not giving up on me and for sending me to classes! which of the following parts of a paragraph is the section in bold most likely an example of? topic sentence hook supporting evidence conclusion

Nthis passage from act iv of romeo and juliet, juliet goes to friar laurence for advice because her father is forcing her to marry count paris. when she gets to the friar’s room, paris is there, arranging for the wedding. which literary technique is used in this exchange between paris and juliet?

Describe the various instances that depict candace lapidus as an archetype for any academician from the lesson gogol's first day.

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.