The Moon and its Phases The Moon takes around twenty-nine and a half days to go around Earth. This is called the lunar cycle. During this period, the Moon can be seen differently from Earth. As the Moon orbits Earth, its position from Earth keeps changing. For this reason, the sunlight that hits the Moon affects its appearance.
The different shapes of the Moon as seen from Earth are called phases of the Moon. There are eight phases which happen every month. During the new moon, the Moon is between the Sun and Earth, and therefore, the Moon is not visible from Earth. In the waxing crescent phase, a banana-shaped part of the Moon is visible. Waxing here means that it is increasing in size. During the first quarter, around half of the Moon is visible. During the waxing gibbous stage, much of the Moon can be seen clearly. The word gibbous means swollen. The next phase is the full moon in which the glowing full Moon can be seen clearly. During the waning gibbous stage, the visible part of the Moon starts shrinking, and it looks smaller. The third quarter is the second-to-last phase, and the opposite half of the moon can be seen clearly compared to the first quarter. The final phase is the waning crescent in which the Moon looks curved. The blue moon, which happens once in three years, is rare, and the expression "once in a blue moon" comes from it.
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A text box is used in writing to highlight important information. Which sentence from the passage should be highlighted in a text box?
A.
The blue moon, which happens once in three years, is rare, and the expression "once in a blue moon" comes from it.
B.
The next phase is the full moon in which the glowing full Moon can be seen clearly.
C.
There are eight phases which happen every month.
D.
During the new moon, the Moon is between the Sun and Earth, and therefore, the Moon is not visible from Earth.

b

explanation:

this is incorrect

explanation:

this is false

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.