63 points and brainliest, quick! . from the book, a friend in need.
question 1: which statement best describes a way in which jerome’s character develops over the course of the narrative? 1. jerome determines that he is the only one willing to people,
2. jerome learns to translate his desire to others into action.
3. jerome recognizes that offers of support are .
4. jerome realizes that others becomes tiresome overtime.

question 2: which definition best fits the word debris as it is used in paragraph 6?
1: remains after something has been ruined.
2: a collection of trash or junk.
3: items that have been discarded .
4: a pile of rock fragments.

question 3: part a
which statement best summarizes this narrative’s theme?
1: actions speak louder than words.
2: everyone needs sometimes.
3: people dont usually mean what they say.
4: do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

part b
which line from the text best to shape the narrative’s theme in part a?

question 4: part a
a theme of the story is that people appreciate actions more than words in times of need.
how does jerome’s mother develop this theme?
1: she suggests that jerome wait for his friend to reach out, rather than rush to his side.
2: she shares with jerome her own experience in dealing with the loss of a parent.
3: she encourages her son to go visit his friend, rather than go send his condolences.
4: she lectures her son about the importance of respecting other people's privacy in times of tragedy.

question 5: part b
which quotation from the text best supports the response to part a?
1: "jerome's mother leaned against the edge of the table and nodded slowly .

"yes i think many of people are willing to if he asks"
2: "what do you plan to do for him? " his mother asked.
3: "jerome returned to his room with his mother's advice weighing on his mind.

4: " he sought out his mother in the garage where she was boxing up old clothing for a charity rummage sale.

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

Plagiarism quiz read both the paragraph below and the information following it that identifies the source using the american psychological association format. then read each of the numbered statements and determine if each is plagiarized or not. circle “yes” if the statement is plagiarized, “no” if it is not, and then fix the “yes” answers). original source the presence of the taiwanese on everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid, risking further lives, to say nothing of jeopardizing the opportunity for other climbers to reach the summit. but the taiwanese were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified. camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby, who announced his intention to make a solo ascent of the southwest face, one of the peak’s most dangerous and technically demanding routes—despite the fact that his himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking. krakauer, j. (1998). into thin air: a personal account of the mount everest disaster. new york: anchor books, 122 - 3. student samples yes 1. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid(krakauer, 1998). no) 2. many climbers overestimate their abilities, as krakauer (1998) explains when he writes of peter neby, whose himalayan experience in the past “required little more than vigorous walking” (122 - 3). no 3. jon krakauer (1998) discusses other concerns besides those of unpredictable weather and his own climbing group’s capabilities. for example the existence of a taiwanese group on everest was a matter of serious unease to most everyone else on the mountain. yes/no 4. krakauer (1998) states that the taiwanese group was not the only inexpert climbers to attempt mt. everest: camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby. . [whose] himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking (122 – 3). yes/no 5. the author asserts that the taiwanese “were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified.” yes/no 6. in his book into thin air, jon krakauer (1998) discusses many of the dangers he noted prior to his disastrous attempt to climb mt. everest in 1996. among them were encounters with other groups and individual climbers who were ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the demands of such a climb.

Of the three selections you read in this lesson, discuss the one story or poem that you think most closely represents the transcendentalist way of thinking. include textual evidence from both short story or poem and emerson or thoreau's essay that you use as an example. you should have no less than eight to ten sentences.