ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL

Which step is NOT listed as a strategy when defining words with a dictionary?1)Guess the word’s meaning.
2)Pick the first listed definition as the correct definition.
3)Look up the word in the dictionary.
4)Check your definition against the meaning in the dictionary.

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Answer 1
Answer: 2)Pick the first listed definition as the correct definition is the step not listed as a strategy. 

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Answer:

when jerome packs the bag he packs everything and after the packing is done he forgets whether he has packed his toothbrush. this has caused him a lot of trouble as he had to unpack the whole bag and again pack it all just to check whether he had packed his toothbrush.in the story after packing the bag he had to open it for putting in the boots and after that he was not sure whether he had packed his tooth brush so he emptied the whole bag and went through it to search for his toothbrush.at last he found his toothbrush inside his boots .this caused a lot of mess and he had to pack the bag again.

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Which part of the excerpt supports the claim that Paine believed the human cost of the colonists' armed struggle against the British was well worth the outcome?A) I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state
B) Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it
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The correct answer is B. Thomas Paine believed the human cost of the War of Independence was well worth the outcome, as those lives would "repulse" the "depth of winter" that the British dominance was for the American colonists. In other words, he states that the lives that were to be offered in the cause would be remembered and valued positively in the future.

Answer:

b

Explanation:

Preserving will help achieve your goals the highlighted word is preserving

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Well, I am not really sure what the question is, since you haven't asked anything. But let me see. The possible answers could be: 'preserving' is a present participle, or 'preserving' is the subject of this sentence. 
Hope I helped you. 

Which sentence creates a logical comparison? My company’s profits are higher than those of your company. My company’s profits are higher than that company of yours. My company’s profits are higher than your company. My company’s profits are higher than any other company

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From the choices given, the sentence which creates a logical comparison is:

My company’s profits are higher than those of your company. 

When making a logical comparison, it should be that you are to indicate the items being compared. In this case, the speaker's company's profits are being compared explicitly to the other specific company's profits. The word "those" refers to the other specific company's profits.

Answer:

My company’s profits are higher than those of your company.

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synecdoche, is my best choice..

It's personification, trust me! DO NOT PUT ALLITERATION OR SYNECDOCHE AS YOUR ANSWER!!!

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"D. Both animals are fun" would be the proper addition that would create an effective paragraph, because it's helping to end with a comparison. 
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