School spirit seems to be a thing of the past. only about 100 students attended the last pep rally for our sports teams. attendance at school events in general is down 22 percent from last year. perhaps worst of all, the number of after-school clubs has dropped from an even dozen to 6 because of lack of student participation. which strategy does the writer use to elaborate on the main argument? describing personal experiences giving an expert opinion quoting a famous person presenting statistics

Question 5 the poet protests against child labor and condemns the harm done to children exploited in this practice. yet in lines 23-24, the child narrator writes that “tho' the morning was cold, tom was happy and warm / so if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.” this is an ironic expression of the narrator’s

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england.simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?

How do the events in "water never hurt a man" change john by the end of the story?