In “the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county” by mark twain, why is simon wheeler so eager to suggest to the stranger that they bet on his frog?

Read the poem. "there is no frigate like a book" (1263) by emily dickinson there is no frigate like a book to take us lands away, nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry-- this traverse may the poorest take without oppress of toll-- how frugal is the chariot that bears the human soul. what is the primary metaphor in this poem? question 1 options: the reading experience is compared to taking a journey. a ship is compared to a book. a horse is compared to a page. a chariot is compared to a soul.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as “even though tom was mary thought he was ” and the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of thoughts, for example, “even though tom was foolish, mary thought he was ridiculous.” well, according to my mother, there were very few limitations as to what tom could have been and what mary might have thought of him. so i never did well on tests like that. how does tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt? tan discusses the types of questions on achievement tests to support the idea that the tests limit students’ ability to write well. tan explains a question on a language achievement test to support the idea that the tests should include more interesting content. tan gives an example of her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that they are not always accurate measures of language ability. tan considers how her mother might answer a question on a test to support the idea that nonstandard english limits a person’s ability to communicate.

According to kurt streeter, why is the hero of his narrative, kashawn campbell, determined to succeed at the university of california, berkeley