Read the excerpt from "tools of the spymaster." james jay's invisible ink did not become visible by heating. as he described it, his ink "would elude the generally known means of detection, and yet could be rendered visible by a suitable counterpart." jay's invisible ink consisted of two chemicals. an agent used one chemical to write an invisible message. to read the message, the reader had to brush a second chemical on the paper; that chemical made the message visible. the two-bottle system, supplied by jay, gave washington the secure form of writing that he wanted. which statement includes explicit information from the excerpt?
a. washington asked james jay to invent a form of invisible ink.
b. washington only knew about invisible ink that required heating.
c. james jay was a doctor who had knowledge of chemistry.
d. james jay created an invisible ink system that required two chemicals.'

For the strangers that came to town you will write a paragraph explaining the main conflict. you will also compare and contrast the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. view the grading rubric as you complete your assignment. this is your guide to a super submission. for this assignment, use the novel or short story you chose to read for module 5. write a paragraph explaining the conflict and the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. review the example in the lesson. be sure your paragraph mentions the title and author in the first sentence briefly summarizes the plot identifies the main conflict describes the protagonist’s perspective on the conflict provides a line of dialogue that the protagonist says to support your idea (text support) describes the antagonist’s perspective of the conflict provide a line of dialogue that the antagonist says to support your idea (text support) includes a closing line to summarize the character’s views uses correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling

Read this passage: byron and mitch are co-captains of the mathletes, their high school's academic team. they are backstage with the five other team members, preparing to compete in the state math quiz. byron sits on the floor with his eyes closed and his earbuds in, listening to classical jazz, which him focus his mind and energy. suddenly, he feels a presence beside him. he opens his eyes to see mitch staring at him. "mathletes! mathletes! " mitch chants loudly. mitch gives byron a thumbs-up and then proceeds to strut around like a peacock, high-fiving the other team members, as byron shuts his eyes again and does his best to refocus his mind which statement best summarizes the passage?

In the song mallam sile sings in lines 113 through 130 the knife probably represents