I snuck a sidelong glance at Fern. As always, she looked confident, calm, and completely prepared for what we were about to do.
Up until a few years ago, you wouldn't have caught me near the ocean, let alone in a boat on it! I had always been afraid of the vastness of the ocean. Who knew what was lurking down there? Who knew what was out there waiting to drag me down to the depths? Lately, though, I'd started to realize life was too short to spend being afraid of the things I couldn't control. One by one, I had been facing my fears. With Fern's help, I had taken flying lessons to overcome my fear of heights; I had made myself get on roller coasters. And now I was facing my greatest fear—the great unknown ocean.
We'd been on the boat for about an hour and were moored at a buoy. Fern and I were dive buddies, which meant that we were to check each other's equipment before we jumped in and stick close to each other in the water. We'd dived in a protected shallow pool in the sea yesterday, but this was our first dive in open water. When I realized just how dark the waves were, I felt my old fears resurfacing. Anything could be beneath them, and you wouldn't know.
"Are you nervous? I kind of am," Fern said in a stage whisper while we were lining up waiting to jump in.
"Yeah, a bit," I admitted. I didn't want to tell her just how nervous. What if I panicked? What if I forgot how to breathe? Was that feeling ever going to go away? I would have loved to yank it out of myself and throw it into the sea.
Actually, I had a lot of confidence in our training. On this shallow beginners' dive decompression wasn't going to be a concern. I knew my equipment would protect me if I got in trouble. And I'd be surrounded by helpful instructors. But even with all the fears on my mind, a few of my brain cells kept worrying about how I looked in my wetsuit. And that's how I knew I was going to be okay.
Before I could get truly nervous though, it was Fern's turn to jump into the secret-keeping waves, then mine. We swam together to a buoy line and began pulling ourselves down the rope to the sandy sea floor. I noticed immediately that despite the dark water, I could actually see quite far—and in color. Fern's mask was as vibrant as it had been on the boat. It did get a bit darker as we descended, but somehow it also got brighter—as if the sea floor were reflecting what little light there was. When everyone was down, we all moved off toward the reef.
Despite my nagging fear, I was mesmerized by this strange world. Everywhere my eye fell, there was something different to see. I'd never been surrounded by so much variety in shape, color, and texture. So many amazing creatures. Fish darted in and out of waving corals. Larger fish loomed, like harmless shadows. Small translucent shrimp-like creatures approached my mask. I could tell, by their quicksilver speed, that the littlest creatures were accustomed to the approach of larger predators.
When Fern waved and pointed to a silvery green eel, sliding effortlessly toward an anemone while potential prey scattered before him, I realized that fear is natural. It helped all these creatures survive from day to day. The trick is learning to know when to use it to survive, and when it's only getting in the way of living. As I reached out to tickle a neon-colored sea slug, I certainly felt as if that trick were getting easier.
Read this sentence from the passage:
"Before I could get truly nervous though, it was Fern's turn to jump into the secret-keeping waves, then mine."
Why are the waves described as secret-keeping?
A.)Fern and the narrator do not plan to share their dive with anyone.
B.) The narrator cannot see what is beneath the waves.
C.)Fern has been diving before and will not tell the narrator about it.
D.) The narrator thinks they are frightening.
Answer:
B.) The narrator cannot see what is beneath the waves.
Explanation:
In this excerpt, the narrator describes the waves as being "secret-keeping." This makes reference to the fact that the waves were hiding something. The narrator implies that the waves hide something because he is unable to see what is beneath the waves. Moreover, this description contributes to the idea of the ocean as vast and mysterious, which is the feeling that the author has when he thinks of the ocean.
Which word does the appositive rename? Stephanie, the youth council president, wants to volunteer at the food bank.
a. Stephanie, the youth; renames president
b. to volunteer; renames wants
c. food bank; renames volunteer
d. the youth council president; renames Stephanie
B. She and Jim are being evicted from their apartment.
C. She learns that Jim will now make $20 per week, not $30.
d. She realizes that she has only managed to save less than $2.
is it d?
room are watching you. The man in the suit who hired you asks, "Well, what
do you think about these plans? Should we go for it?" You pick up the
blueprints and pretend to study them carefully. "Um, well, have we done any
fault testing?" you ask. The man in the suit squints at you and says, "Fault
testing? What's fault testing?" To buy yourself time in a really smooth way you
say, "Uhh..."
What is the narrator's perspective?
Answer:
Anger? .. .. ........................
The narrative is told from a first-person perspective as shown by the use of first-person pronouns and the direct sharing of the narrator's thoughts and feelings.
The story is written from the first-person perspective as the narrator uses first-person pronouns ("I", "me", "my") to refer to themselves. This perspective allows the reader to understand the speaker's immediate thoughts, emotions and observations, providing a personal and intimate understanding of the character. In this case, the narrator is revealing their thoughts and feelings about lying to get a job and their uncertainty about reading blueprints, thus creating a suspenseful and humorous situation.
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atmosphere
hydrosphere
lithosphere
magnetosphere
a me
b you
c my
d i
Answer:
The answer is option D
Explanation:
Took the test