Please read the short story "Sleeping" By Katharine Weber. Once you have finished, you will write your ideas down to continue the writing prompt avaliable at the end of the story.
“Sleeping”
By Katharine Weber
She would not have to change a diaper, they said. In fact, she would not have to do anything at all. Mrs. Winter said that Charles would not wake while she and Mr. Winter were out at the movies. He was a very sound sleeper, she said. No need to have a bottle for him or anything. Before the Winters left they said absolutely please not to look in on the sleeping baby because the door squeaked too loudly.
Harriet had never held a baby, except for one brief moment, when she was about six, when Mrs. Antler next door had surprisingly bestowed on her the tight little bundle that was their new baby, Andrea. Harriet had sat very still and her arms had begun to ache from the tension by the time Mrs. Antler took back her baby. Andy was now a plump seven-year-old, older than Harriet had been when she held her that day.
After two hours of reading all of the boring mail piled neatly on a desk in the bedroom and looking through a depressing wedding album filled with photographs of dressed-up people in desperate need of orthodonture (Harriet had just ended two years in braces and was very conscious of malocclusion issues) while flipping channels on their television, Harriet turned the knob on the baby's door very tentatively, but it seemed locked. She didn’t dare turn the knob with more pressure because what if she made a noise and woke him and he started to cry?
She stood outside the door and tried to hear the sound of a baby breathing but she couldn’t hear anything through the door but the sound of the occasional car that passed by on the street outside. She wondered what Charles looked like. She wasn’t even sure how old he was. Why had she agreed to baby-sit when Mr. Winter approached her at the swim club? She had never seen him before, and it was flattering that he took her for being capable, as if just being a girl her age automatically qualified her as a baby-sitter.
By the time the Winters came home, Harriet had eaten most of the M & M's in the glass bowl on their coffee table: first all the blue ones, then the red ones ,then all the green ones, and so on, leaving, in the end, only the yellow.
They gave her too much money and didn’t ask her about anything. Mrs. Winter seemed to be waiting for her to leave before checking on the baby. Mr. Winter drove her home in silence. When they reached her house he said, My wife. He hesitated, then he said, You understand, don't you? and Harriet answered Yes without looking at him or being sure what they were talking about although she did really know what he was telling her and then she got out of his car and watched him drive away.
Writing Prompt
You have just read “Sleeping” by Katharine Weber in which a young girl is asked to babysit a child that she will never see. In an essay, narrate what happens after Mr. Winter drops Harriet off at home. Be sure to use what you have learned about the setting, characters, and plot of the passage as you write your continuation.
Your writing will be scored based on the development of ideas, organization of writing, and language conventions of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
complete your essay? Answer:
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How does the use of dialect help you understand the time period?
Answer:
the use of dialect helps you understand the time period, the diction (word choice) is important, the roots of the words can date back hundreds of years.
Explanation:
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Answer:
Here's a example to start off
Explanation:
Topic sentence. Transition word, specific sentence. New detail. Transition word, Specific sentence. New detail. Concluding sentence.
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"Jumping Jehoshophat!" they cried. "We never thought of that!"
"Jumping Jehoshophat" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Imagery
Idiom
Alliteration
Simile
That I finished the ice cream before cloe Carmichael got any
Answer
Fragment
Explanation:
Write a sentence using a word with the root rupt.
Answer:
"During class our teacher was teaching us what the word root rupt mean."
Explanation:
Answer:
The volcano erupted over the city.
Explanation:
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When parents display a ................For one child, the others are likely to feel............... .
Answer:
favor; favorite child complex
Explanation:
Favorite child complex is the feeling of complex that arises in the mind of a child out of the favoritism. In any family, favoritism is very common. The preference given to a particular child or when a child feels neglected in front of the other sibling, the situation gives birth to favorite child complex. These complexes may or may not be intentional from the parents' end. Such situations arises complexities in the mind of the children and constructs the road of mental heath issues too.
What sentence could be added to persuade the audience that too much gaming is harmful?
OA.
The Sony PlayStation 3 is a much better game console than the Nintendo Wii.
ОВ.
Sony said that they will try and meet the demands for the PlayStation 3 by the end of the year.
OC.
There are many games available online that do not require a console to play.
OD
A lack of physical activity can lead to obesity and diabetes.
Answer:
The answer is D.
Explanation:
Will Mark Brainliest! The black bear from the western mountains was seen rummaging through my trash cans. What is the ADJECTIVE phrase in the sentence?
A. the black bear
B. from the western mountains
C. was seen rummaging
D. through my trashcans
Answer:
a is the adjective broiia
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This time next week I will have worked here for three years. Doesn't time fly?
Robert can't meet us at 6 p.m. He won't/will not have finished his homework by then.
Will you/ will you have read that book by Friday?
I promised to lend it to Ana.
Sasha will visit her grandfather tomorrow, so we can't meet for coffee like we usually do.
I will volunteer as a lifeguard for three years in a row after this summer.
This article says we will not/won't live in space for at least another 200 years.
Will you collect Pietro from the train station tomorrow or do I need to go?
By June next year we will have gone to France for our annual holiday for ten years.
Which of these is an example of a primary source?
Website with links to original documents
Magazine or journal article
Encyclopedia
Original news footage
Answer:
Website with link to orginal documents.
Explanation:
Answer:
original new footage
Explanation:
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Why did the Sioux demonstrators think it was fair to buy the entire island for only $9.40? They were already living on Alcatraz. That was what they wanted to spend on it. It was land that would not be useful. It was the amount the government had paid.
Answer: It was the amount the government had paid.
Explanation:
This is based on an excerpt from ''The Spirit of Alcatraz'' which talks about how Native Sioux want to get back the island that Alcatraz sits on after the U.S. declared it to be excess federal land.
The excerpt shows that the Federal government pays $9.40 for the islands so the Sioux demonstrators who offered that amount did so because it was the amount the government paid and to them it would only be right to pay back the same amount.
Answer: It was the amount the government had paid
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Which type of sentence is the following?
Even though the runner was tired, she managed to sprint across the finish line.
A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Complex
D. Compound-Complex
What makes it that?
Answer:
m
Explanation:
Answer:
Complex sentence
Explanation:
A complex sentence consists of an independent clause and a dependent clause
independent clause - she managed to sprint across the finish line
dependent clause - even though the runner was tired ( this is considered a dependent clause because it uses a conjunction which depends on another clause for it to make sense.)
So we can conclude that this is a complex sentence because it consist of an independent clause, a dependent clause and a transition word ( even though )
Part C
Remember that identity is the set of characteristics by which a person is recognized and differentiated from others. Think
about the main character, Carter Druse, and what you have learned about his perspective on the war. In about 150
words, explain how Carter's perspective and the plot of the story help develop the theme of struggling to find one's own
identity. Use examples from the story to support your answer.
Answer:
Carter Druse is a young man from a privileged family. He was brought up in a household where his dad was firmly in charge. He knows that joining the Union army will upset his father, who supports the Confederate cause. He still goes ahead and joins the Union army, pitting himself against his family. Later, when Carter prepares to shoot a Confederate soldier, he struggles between loyalty to his family and to the Union army. In time Carter finds his own identity, outside the wishes of his family.
Explanation:
Answer:
Carter Druse is a young man from a privileged family. He was brought up in a household where his dad was firmly in charge. He knows that joining the Union army will upset his father, who supports the Confederate cause. He still goes ahead and joins the Union army, pitting himself against his family. Later, when Carter prepares to shoot a Confederate soldier, he struggles between loyalty to his family and to the Union army. In time Carter finds his own identity, outside the wishes of his family.
Explanation:
The sun shone brightly. Fluffy clouds floated in the sky. A soft breeze rustled the leaves. It was a perfect day to relax. Which answer option best revises the passage by using a variety of sentence structures?
A. It was a perfect day to relax. Fluffy clouds floated in the sky. The sun shone brightly. A soft breeze rustled the leaves.
B. The sun shone brightly, fluffy clouds floated in the sky, a soft breeze rustled the leaves, and it was a perfect day to relax.
C. The sun shining brightly, fluffy clouds floating in the sky, a soft breeze rustling the leaves, a perfect day to relax.
D. The sun shone brightly, and fluffy clouds floated in the sky. A soft breeze rustled the leaves. It was a perfect day to relax.
The option that revises the passage and uses a variety of sentence structures is "The sun shining brightly, fluffy clouds floating in the sky, a soft breeze..."
How to revise the sentence?Among the options, we must try to find the one that presents variety in sentence structure. In the original passage, all sentences are independent clauses, and all of them consist of a subject and a predicate with a verb in the past form.
We can eliminate option A because it does not change the sentences at all. It simply rearranges their sequence. We can also eliminate option B because it also does not change them. It simply uses a comma to link the sentences. Option D can also be discarded because it only adds one conjunction, "and", to connect the first two sentences.
The best option seems to be letter C. It changes the verbs and, in one sentence, even eliminates the subject and the verb, forming a phrase. The clauses that were independent end up becoming dependent, so we have a variety of structures.
With the information above in mind, we can choose option C as the correct answer, "The sun shining brightly, fluffy clouds floating in the sky, a soft breeze rustling the leaves, a perfect day to relax."
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Explanation:
Why is Barack Obama apart of black history month
Answer:
Because he was the first black president of the United States
Explanation:
why else
Answer:
Explanation:
He is one of the first black president, he also did other things
Covert to passive voice: The kids love to ride the Ferris wheel.
Answer:
no change
Explanation:
because it doesnt have transitive verb
Which word form correctly
completes this sentence?
He often ____ the school
code of conduct and was
frequently in detention.
A. transgress
B. transgresses
C. transgressed
D. transgressing
Answer:
C. transgressed
Explanation:
He often transgressed the school code of conduct and was frequently in detention.
This would be the correct version of this word for this sentence. We can determine this due to some of the other keywords within the sentence such as "often" and "was". Both of these words indicate that the sentence takes place in past tense. Therefore, the only proper version of the word that would fit as past tense is "transgressed"
Do we determine our own destinies?
I think that life is like a game if you take one turn it could go wrong but life sends multiple opportunity's to go on the right path to your destiny/future.
Answer:
i think destiny is determined by the major events that happen in life and what you chose to do about them.
If someone already read Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat (novel excerpt)
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how can i read barrio boy for free
BRAINLEIST FOR THE ONE THAT IS RIGHT
Answer:
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Explanation:
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14. Unoka, Okonkwo's father, went to consult the Oracle concerning his crops.
True
False
15. In his father's lifetime Okonkwo began to build a prosperous future.
True
False
16. Yam, the king of crops, was considered a man's crop.
True
False
Answer:
14. True.
15. False.
16. True.
Explanation:
In Chinua Achebe's novel 'Things Fall Apart", the story revolves around the Igbo culture in Africa, specifically on the character of Okonkwo. The story deals with themes of culture, tradition, Christianity, conformity, etc.
In Chapter 3, we see that Okonkwo's father Unoka went to the Oracle to consult why his crops failed even though he made sacrifices. It was then that he was told his crops failed despite his sacrifices because he was lazy and had planted on a wasted land.
Okonkwo's prosperity was a result of his desire to be unlike his lazy father. He did not want to be deemed alike to his father and thus, went to the wealthy Nwakibie to ask for 400 yam seeds.
In Igbo culture, yam was considered to be the king of the crops. It was assumed that a man who can feed yam to his family the whole year is a man who has succeeded and is hardworking.
How does the movie (The lion king) show empathy?
Answer:
Simba is highly empathic - when Pumbaa is attacked by Nala, Simba saves him by rescuing his own life. Finally, Simba demonstrates a lot of commitment in his communication.
Explanation:
Illustrate in the play of taming of the shrew how the play rewards or punishes characters for moral misjudgments.
Answer:
The characters have their goals frustrated when they present behaviors considered moral errors at the time that this play was written. Meanwhile, the characters with behaviors considered positive, have their goals achieved.
Explanation:
"The Taming of the Shrew" is a play written by Shakespeare that tells the story of a man who determined that in order for his youngest daughter, Bianca, to be married, it is necessary that the oldest daughter, Katherine, marry first. The problem is that Katherine behaves like a real shrew, pushing away all the suitors, until a farmer named Petruchio decides to marry her to achieve social ascension. Petruchio is a brutish man with questionable behavior, but who sets out to "tame" Katherine, making her an enviable wife.
Katherine does not behave as women should behave at the time the play was written and therefore has her goals frustrated throughout the play, with Petruchio representing the man who should dominate the house and his wife and for this reason he had considered behaviors correct, reaching all of his goals.
Read the rough-draft paragraph. More than likely, fellow volunteers will have many common interests and ideals. After all, volunteers usually seek opportunities to use their time and talents for issues they care about, and this is often a good starting point for many friendships. As co-volunteers, hours will be spent together learning from one another and inspiring each other while working to achieve a common goal. Teaming up with others to solve community problems and making changes for the better, not surprisingly, often leads to long-lasting bonds. Which topic sentence should be added to this body paragraph
Answer:
Hello. You did not present the answer options, but we can infer that the topic sentence that should be added is the one that shows that the volunteers of some activity have a great opportunity to make new friends.
Explanation:
The text presented above shows how volunteering is an enriching experience, because it allows individuals to expand their thoughts through interaction with people of different thoughts. Volunteering also allows individuals to meet people with similar thoughts and preferences, which can be very beneficial. In summary, we can say that volunteering allows individuals to make new friends. This statement will contribute greatly to the text if it is presented as a topical sentence, which is a sentence that presents the main subject discussed.
Answer: Local community programs provide opportunities for volunteers to share their expertise.
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What is the goal of a revolutionary social movement?
O A. To bring about radical change for its participants
B. To make a small change in society
C. To keep things as they are
D. To reform the entire society