Read this excerpt from we beat the street. george would not give up. "hey, look. i really want to do this. i think we could all do this—the three of us—together! " "maybe," rameck said slowly. "it’s an awful long time," sampson said with a sigh. "man, we can go to college for free! " george said, trying to convince them. "free is always good," rameck said with a grin. "what do we have to lose? let’s just do the applications and see what happens," george suggested. "yeah, man—why not? " sampson told the others. "let’s go for it." what central idea in the story do the details in this excerpt support? great opportunities rarely come along. taking risks is often difficult and overwhelming. one should take advantage of opportunities. one should make the most of friendships.

In figure 4 of the telephone components what do the labels lettered a to e

The latin phrase de gustibus non est disputandum means which of the following? a. “disputes aren’t easily settled.” b. “the great aren’t guilty.” c. “guilt isn’t the issue.” d. “there’s no disputing about tastes.”

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification