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• vexed with having such a bad haul, when he had mended his nets, which the carcase of the ass had broken in several places, he threw them a second time. in drawing them in he again felt a great weight, so that he thought they were full of fish. but he only found a large basket full of rubbish. he was much annoyed. ""o fortune,"" he cried, ""do not trifle thus with me, a poor fisherman, who can hardly support his family!"" so saying, he threw away the rubbish, and after having washed his nets clean of the dirt, he threw them for the third time. but he only drew in stones, shells, and mud. he was almost in despair. –“the story of the fisherman,” andrew lange how does the author’s use of the underlined words create meaning?
  
• what is common between transverse waves and longitudinal waves? both include an amplitude, crest, and rarefactions both move faster at higher temperatures both move slower through densely packed molecules both include a wavelength from compression to compression
  
• the “umbrella statement” for all parts of an argument in a speech is called the claim. reason. evidence. rhetoric.
  
• in langston hughes’s poem “i dream a world,” the repetition of the word “dream” emphasizes the idea that the action of the poem takes place at night. the notion that hughes lives in a fantasy world rather than reality. the fact that equality is a desired but seemingly unattainable goal. the belief that dreams often remain unrealized due to oppression.
  
• in a standard deck of cards there are 13 spades, 13 clubs, 13 hearts, and 13 diamonds. the spades and the clubs are black and the hearts and the diamonds are red. if two cards are chosen at random from a deck, one at a time, and replaced after each pick, what is the probability that a black card is chosen first and a heart is chosen second? one-eighth one-half two-thirds three-fourths
  
• this site shows the occupations with the highest expected growth rates over the period 2014 - 2024. which occupation is expected to grow at the highest percentage increase? is this occupation also expected to have the largest increase in the number of jobs? explain.
  
• read each group of words and decide whether it is a clause. if it is not a clause, indicate why not. a friend called me the building across the street looks pretty at night because the boy shouted
  
• read the passage from \animal farm. on the third sunday after snowball's expulsion, the animals were somewhat surprised to hear napoleon announce that the windmill was to be built after all. he did not give any reason for having changed his mind, but merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work, it might even be necessary to reduce their rations. what is the central idea of this passage? the animals cannot believe that snowball is gone. napoleon expects the animals to work harder and eat less. the animals do not understand why they have to build a windmill. napoleon steals ideas from snowball and pretends they are his own.
  
• which phrase best completes the sentence? _______________ hagas una lista con todos los gastos del mes. a. en caso que b. es necesario que c. estoy seguro que d. no hay duda que
  
• what is the tendency to report on events from a liberal point of view (or, conversely, a conservative point of view) an example of?