Read the following excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" and answer the question. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout
for the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box Into which no letter would go, and an electric
button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.
What is the meaning of the word coax as it is used in the passage?
force
repair
O expect
persuade

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a.something someone else is writing about b.a fact c.something you have written about before

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

Power going out story i need with a plot and the starting point is you wake up late, the power is out, and yeah. plz try to make it non complex since i have to write it in spanish