So far, the worst of the epidemic in the United States occurred in early January, when the number of daily confirmed cases exceeded 300,000 and the number of deaths exceeded 4,000. As the number of vaccinations increased, the outbreak slowly improved, and the number of new confirmed cases and deaths steadily declined from mid-March to fewer than 10,000 and fewer than 200 deaths at the peak. However, as the mutant Novel Coronavirus Delta strain began to spread in early July, the number of confirmed cases and deaths rose sharply again, and the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects that the number of confirmed cases will soon exceed 200,000.

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

When i was four years old, my dad and i a tree in our front yard. it was a tiny, fragile sapling. he promised me that it would grow tall and strong, but he said that i had to be patient. until i turned 18 years old, dad and i it every year on my birthday. choose the words that correctly fill in the blanks.

Your essay should be short,just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example ofevery type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by asemicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing itabout the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.