Brutus: what a blunt fellow is this grown to be! he was quick mettle when he went to school. blunt – adj. not smart. mettle – n. wit; intelligence. which statement paraphrases this excerpt best? this guy is really smart, just like he was when he was in school! this man has gone to blacksmith school and has become very dull. this man has gone to school but should not have done because he is just a blacksmith. this man, who was smart in school, has grown up to be unintelligent.

What is the direct object in the following sentence? jerry asked him a question. a. question b. jerry c. asked

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

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