excerpt from The Opal of Carmalovitch
by Max Pemberton
Dark was falling from a dull and humid sky, and the lamps were beginning to struggle for brightness in Piccadilly, when the opal of Carmalovitch
was first put into my hand. The day had been a sorry one for business: no light, no sun, no stay of the downpour of penetrating mist which had
been swept through the city by the driving south wind from the late dawn to the mock of sunset. I had sat in my private office for six long hours,
and had not seen a customer. The umbrella-bearing throng which trod the street before my window hurried quickly through the mud and the
slush, as people who had no leisure even to gaze upon precious stones they could not buy. I was going home, in fact, as the one sensible
proceeding on such an afternoon, and had my hand upon the great safe to shut it, when the mirror above my desk showed me the reflection of
a curious-looking man who had entered the outer shop, and stood already at the counter.
At the first glance I judged that this man was no ordinary customer. His dress was altogether singular. He had a black coat covering him from his
neck to his heels. But his hands were ungloved, and he wore a low hat, which might have been the hat of an office boy. I could see from the little
window of my private room, which gives my eye command of the shop, that he had come on foot, and for lack of any umbrella was pitiably wet.
Yet there was fine bearing about him, and he was clearly a man given to command, for my assistant mounted to my room with his name at the
first bidding

Answer:

Struggle for brightness

Explanation:

Answer:

Struggle For Brightness

Explanation:

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Which Text structure is used in the below passage?
Elephants are the largest mammal found in South East Asia. They mainly eat plants and use their trunks to help them forage for food.
Process
Description
Generalization
Compare and Contrast

I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST!!!

Choose the relative clause in this sentence.

It depends on what you're in the mood for: lasagna, which will take longer, or spaghetti.

Choose 1 answer:

(Choice A)
A
which will take longer

(Choice B)
B
what you're in the mood for

(Choice C)
C
on what you're in the mood for

please help me!! i think it is b or c i’m not sure which one is the best answer !

In Chunk 4, Krimsky specifies two types of independence that a democracy's media must maintain. Name those two types of independence and summarize his suggestions for maintaining them.

Read this excerpt from The Land. Robert’s grandma on his mama’s side always hated the fact that my daddy allowed Cassie and me to sit at his table and enjoy the life she felt was owed only to her daughter’s children. When the daughter died, her mother was there in my daddy’s house. Of course, I was only a baby at the time, but later I grew to know her hatred. She had stayed on in my daddy’s house and took over running it. I remember she was always hard on my mama, and on Cassie and me. When my daddy was away during mealtime, she would send Cassie and me from the table. When that happened, Robert always went with me, and she couldn’t make him come back. Worse than that, she would sometimes say cruel things to us. “They’re like mites,” she said once. “You get them in your bed, and you don’t ever get rid of them.” What is the best way to summarize how the author uses theme in the excerpt? The author introduces a new minor theme through the grandma’s actions. The author develops the existing major theme through grandma’s actions. The author sums up the existing major theme through grandma’s dialogue. The author explains the new minor theme through grandma’s dialogue.

I need help writing a review for the book outsiders and if you have any idea on how to write one plz help me ​

What is this excerpt mainly about?
Any manmade objects that orbit around Earth and have no useful purpose are called orbital debris. This includes not working satellites, rocket bodies, debris created during spacecraft decaying and breakup, and mission-related debris. Mission-related debris consists of the items released during spacecraft operation, solid rocket fuel, items dropped by people in space, etc. About 23,000 objects over 4 inches in diameter have been recorded. Over one-third are in orbit now. They are tracked regularly by the U.S. Space Command. It is likely that there are more than 100,000 bits of debris between .4 and 4 inches in diameter. There are also tens of millions of particles smaller than .4 inch. Most orbital debris is within 1,250 miles of Earth’s surface.
30. What is this excerpt mostly about? *

a. There is a lot of space debris currently orbiting Earth.
b. Debris orbiting Earth is a hazard to NASA missions.
c. The amount of debris orbiting Earth is decreasing.
d. The U.S. Space Command watches space debris.

Which word has a similar denotation and connotation to the word beautiful?​

In December of 1814, the two countries came to their senses and signed the
O Treaty of Versailles
O Order 66
O Treaty of Ghent
O Constitution

Based on the excerpt, what is the central idea of this speech?

How to write sonnet

Which of the following best describes the difference between Gothic and Transcendental writers?
Gothic writers were concerned with rational thought and transcendentalists valued social conformity.
Gothic writers wrote about the darker side of human nature and transcendentalists were idealists.
Gothic writers believed in social conformity and transcendentalists didn't.
O Gothic writers focused on political reform and transcendentalists wrote about supernatural themes.

Which sentence contains a misspelled word?
A. Please be very careful not to loose the present for your piano
teacher
B. The rules of the game were loose, so we could adapt them if
necessary
C. Many of the candidates who lose the election this year will run for
office again.
D. The teams that lose the most games this year will draft new
players first, next season.

Question 10
Last year, she received a chance to go to Science Camp in Washington, D.C.
active or passive

In Chapter 1, why is Justyce surprised by Officer Castillo's name?
A He does not expect to be misjudged by a member of a minority group.
B. Officer Castillo reacts badly to Justyce's use of his name.
c. He recognizes the name from the news and discussions with Quan
D. He finds it disorienting to see his aggressor as a person with a name and identity

How is 2+2=5 related to English?

Which statement correctly describes a couplet?

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1) who will find a chink? Where was he
supposed to find chink?

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How does Gorman's life story and her poem express a message of hope and light in the face of darkness

What is a supporting detail

Describe the chronology of the prisoner's ever-changing torture chamber, starting with pitch-black, when he uses a piece of his robe as a marker to assess its perimeter, all the way to its shrunken, molten form before his rescue.
or
Why does Poe offer disjointed historical references, leading us to believe the prisoner is being tortured during the Spanish Inquisition (started in the 1470s), when the reference to the Jacobin Club and General Lasalle's rescue would have been during the Napoleonic wars, no earlier than the 1790s?

A. America is essentially a dream, a dream as yet unfulfilled.

B. It is trite, but urgently true, that if America is to remain a first-class nation she can no longer have second-class citizens.

C. Indeed slavery and segregation have been strange paradoxes in a nation founded on the principle that all men are created equal.

D. One of the first things we notice in this dream is an amazing universalism. It does not say some men, but it says all men.

—"The American Dream,"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Which statement shows specific reasons King believes America does not live up to its promise of equality?

A
B
C
D

read the novel Alice in wonderland by Lewis Carroll .Draw the most important scene in the novel and explain its importance and action.

1. Which phrase is an example of
personification?
A. "The bend of my hair"
B. "the palm of my hand"
C. "The need of my care"
D. "'Cause I'm a woman/ Phenomenally/
Phenomenal woman/ That's me"

What the correct answer and real answer you have to choose the best three

What is your opinion of Bobo

Monster by
Walter Dean Myers

8. How did Stacey get caught cheating? Was he really cheating? What happened to him?

Sort the sentences under the correct label on the chart.

“I began to hurry because my arms were hurting and my stung foot looked 1 point
like a water balloon.” This is an example of what figurative language? *
Simile
Metaphor
Flashback

Blue-Screen Technology The camera rolls as an actor stands in front of a blue screen. The actor stands alone, saying his lines. However, when you see the actual movie, he is talking to a formidable seven-foot-tall monster in a creepy dark forest. A process called blue-screen technology is used to insert images into a background. Today, moviemakers use this process to combine digitally created, or computer-generated, characters with real people on the screen. Here’s how it works: The scene calls for a real character to interact with a seven-foot-tall digitally created monster. First, the real character’s part must be filmed. He may rehearse with another actor who plays the part of the monster. During the rehearsal, the “monster” might wear a tall hat to represent the stature of the monster. The real actor practices looking at the top of the hat during the scene so that is seems that he is looking up at a very tall creature. The actor gets used to where the monster stands and moves. The monster’s movements are marked on the floor so that the actor doesn’t walk on top of the monster during the scene. Then it is time for the scene to be shot. The actor stands alone in front of a blue screen and delivers his lines as if the monster were there. Eventually, the blue background is deleted, using a computer, and images of the digital monster and background are then transferred to the film. Which of the following words from the narrative help you visualize the sequence of events? a. first c. eventually b. then d. all of the above Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D