Oe sauntered into his room and clenched his teeth. He slammed the door and began to wrestle with the sheets on his bed as he attempted to pull them up and straighten them out. Next, he got down on his hands and knees and started to grab the clothes, books, and shoes shoved under his bed. He let out a deep sigh when he saw the massive heap of items from under his bed and reached for his phone, wondering if they'd started the basketball game without him. Joe quickly stuffed his phone back in his pocket and began sorting laundry and placing books on his bookshelf. He raced into his sister's perfectly organized room and grabbed the duster and vacuum. Joe wasn't surprised to see that she was already done with them and on the phone with her friend; it usually took Joe twice as long to clean as his sister. He swiftly pushed the vacuum around his room as he dusted the top of his dresser and nightstand. Looking around, Joe felt pleased with what he'd accomplished. He opened his blinds, emptied the trash, and double-checked that everything was done before grabbing his jacket and basketball and darting out the front door towards the park. Based on events described in the story, the reader can infer that Joe
A.
wants to take his time so he won't have to play basketball.
B.
loves to keep his room clean and organized.
C.
doesn't want to help his sister clean her room.
D.
doesn't keep his room as neat and tidy as his sister.

Choose one group member who participated in your discussion. in 100-150 words, evaluate the effectiveness of their main argument and supporting evidence. using your notes, explain whether or not their claims were developed well, what evidence they used to support their claim, and how well they responded to the prompt. is there anything they could have done to be more effective? if so, what was it?

Read this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich her attitude towards him and his diseases is still the same just as the doctor had adopted a certain relation to his patient which he could not abandon, so had she formed one towards him—that he was not doing something he ought to do and was himself to blame, and that she reproached him lovingly for this--and she could not now change that attitude. "you see he doesn't listen to me and doesn't take his medicine at the proper time. and above all he lies in a position that is no doubt bad for him.- with his legs up" she described how he made gerasim hold his legs up the doctor smiled with a contemptuous affability that said"what's to be done? these sick people do have foolish fancles of that kind, but we must forgive them they all rose, said good-night and went away when they had gone it seemed to ivan ilyich that he felt better, the falsity had gone with them. but the pain remained--that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike, nothing harder and nothing easier. everything was worse again minute followed minute and hour followed hour everything remained the same and there was no cessation. and the inevitable end of it all became more and more terrible based on the excerpt, how is praskovya fedorovna a character foil to ivan ilyich? a. she is kind and takes care of ivan, which is why he feels guilty about how he treated her for most of their married life • b. she is vindictive toward ivan while pretending to be worried about him, thus reminding him of how his family has never forgiven him she plays the part of the worried wife without any real feeling, symbolizing the false propriety ivan upheld but now hates c. d. she is young, healthy, and beautiful-everything ivan can never be again and wishes he could return to

By comparing part 1 and 2 of polar opposites what does it mean by polar opposites