HeLP Erika's teammates did not see the point in having a study session with Mr. Kelp. What reason is given explicitly in paragraph 2? (5 points)

Select one:
a. They did not like Mr. Kelp as their science teacher.
b. They insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.
c. They could not miss basketball practice to attend a study session.
d. They wanted Erika to steal the answers for them instead.

How many times do you read a text when you use the close reading model?i am desperate

In this excerpt from "dover beach" by matthew arnold, which two lines or sets of lines suggest that the speaker has undergone a loss of faith? the sea of faith was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. but now i only hear its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, retreating, to the breath of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear and naked shingles of the world. ah, love, let us be true to one another! for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams, so various, so beautiful, so new, hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace, nor for pain; and we are here as on a darkling plain swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, where ignorant armies clash by night.

What style should a speaker use when preparing a speech for his or her school's parent teacher association? a. excited b. casual c. strict d. formal