Ffa what does each tap of the gavel signify

The taps mean different things.  It is explained in the explanation.

Explanation:

1 tap - Announces the result of a vote, to get attention, or to indicate to the members that they should be seated, ends meeting.

2 taps - Calls the meeting to order.

3 taps - Indicates to all members that they should rise/stand.

Series of Taps - Restores order in the meeting.

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.