Jackie is writing a speech that claims that students should sell fruit instead of candy for the school fundraiser. In her speech, Jackie wants to rebut the counterclaim that “students should sell candy like last year.” Which is the best rebuttal that Jackie could use in her speech?

I know that we sold candy last year, but we don’t always have to sell candy every year we have a school fundraiser. We could try selling something different this year, like fruit.
Last year we sold several thousand dollars worth of candy, and all you students ate that candy, which is probably why you want to sell candy again this year. But I don’t think that’s a good reason.
I know a lot of students want to sell candy like last year, but fruit tastes sweet too and is better for us. Isn’t the country trying to encourage healthier eating these days?
Last year I sold a lot of candy, just like you did, and we made a lot of money for the school. But I felt guilty selling so much candy to little kids whose teeth would rot and who might have gotten sick from eating all that candy. Don’t kids get enough candy as it is?

Answer:Its D.

Explanation: It goes more in depth and shows a counterclaim.

When is doubt a positive tribute

Which message does the repetition make clear? Choose the best answer.


(A)Rain can only come with lightning and thunder.

(B)Rain is in the center of all natural things: the lightning, the swallows, and even the pollen.

(C) As far as man can see, there is nature: lightning, swallows, pollen, and rain.

(D)Some rain may come when lightning flashes, swallows chirp happily, and pollen is hidden.

Which of the following words describes how James feels in this passage?

What topics or themes would you expect to be covered in William Bradford’s account?

A comma can be used to derive a compound sentence true or false​

Direct quotations from the text, also known as ___________ evidence, can help you to make an inference.

A student is revising the sentence below: My mother was distraught that I'd be traveling overseas and doing so many things I'd never done before. What resource could you use to find a synonym for distraught? (5 points) a Glossary b Encyclopedia c Dictionary d Thesaurus

14.
Why are there ellipses "..." in line 12?

2. Why did the colonists NOT want a strong new government?

Explain why Odysseus must first go to the Eumaeus’s hut rather than to his own palace.

Squeaky's description of herself in this passage shows
readers that she
O has some self-doubt.
O admires the big kids.
O thinks very little of others.
O is very self-confident.

Read the compound sentence.

Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula but she was afraid her assistant was a spy.

Which is the correct way to punctuate the sentence?

Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula; but she was afraid her assistant was a spy.
Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant, with the secret formula: but she was afraid her assistant was a spy.
Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula but, she was afraid her assistant was a spy.
Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula, but she was afraid her assistant was a spy.

There are many kinds of musical instruments. Some musical instruments are hard to make. But there is a special one that you can make easily. To make this special instrument, you will need eight tall glasses, all the same size, water, and a pencil. 1. Take the first glass and put a little water into it. The water should just cover the bottom of the glass. 2. Put water into the next glass. This time put in a little more water. 3. Put a little more water in each of the other glasses. The fourth glass should be half-filled, and the last glass should be nearly full. 4. Place the glasses in the order you filled them. 5. Tap the first glass with your pencil just where the water line is. Listen to the sound the glass makes. 6. Now tap the second glass at the water line. This sound should be a little lower than the first. 7. Tap the rest of the glasses and listen to the sounds they make. The more water a glass has, the lower its sound will be. 8. Now you are ready to play music. Tap the glasses in any order you want. You may want to tap a glass more than once. Make up a song or two. You can play music for your family and friends. Question What would happen if you used more than eight glasses for this instrument? Answer options with 4 options 1. All of the notes you played would sound lower. 2. You could play more notes and maybe play more kinds of songs. 3. You'd have to find another person to help play the instrument. 4. You'd have to use at least two pencils to tap out the notes.

In the story, pet owners are too scared of the crocodile to bring their sick pets
to Dr. Dolittle. When Sweet Tread this, he made the inference that Dr. Dolittle
was losing money because of the crocodile. What background knowledge
BEST supports Sweet T's
inference?
A crocodile is an unusual
kind of pet.

Animal doctors get paid
by the pet owners.

Crocodiles can be found
near rivers in Africa.

Sick animals often need
the care of a good doctor.

HELP PLSSS

In the text, the author discusses how some kids begin to bully as they become more popular. Can you think of other times when you or someone you know has used their status or power to hurt someone else? How did it make you feel? How do you think it made the other people involved feel?

The trail veered off to the north side of the mountain and started to look quite precarious. The path dangerously narrowed with a steep
drop on the left, while the trail itself was not only rocky but slippery as well. On the right, the ground rose into a high cliff that was covered
with green moss.
Which phrase helps to determine the meaning of the word precarious in the paragraph?
OA
covered with green moss
OB. rose into a high cliff
Oc dangerously narrowed
OD veered off

Public service announcements often address social issues, rules or laws, safety protocols, or

profit-making services.
sales and discounts.
brand advertisements.
aspects of local news.

What type of sentence is the following sentence? Mark doesn’t know how to swim, so he must wear a life jacket.
Simple
Compound
Complex

What is the central idea of the passage?
O Jundi Shapur was most famous for its teaching
hospital and observatory.
O Jundi Shapur allowed teachers and students from
different cultures to share ideas.
O Jundi Shapur included the ideas of scholars such
as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
O Jundi Shapur is barely known today, but it was an
important place in the Middle East.

How does setting contribute to the overall mood of "The Cask of Amontillado?" Use details from the text to support your answer. Answers should be at least 150 words.

PLEASE HELP

Irony is when the opposite of what you'd expect. For example, a person says that they have the world's kindest dog, and then it bites them.




Which of the following is NOT an example of irony?





-The same night that she spent thinking about how much she loved her husband, he broke up with her.


-She goes to the deep freezer to get a leg of lamb.


-Being a detective's wife, she knew better than anyone how to commit a murder


-The woman who loved her husband so much one minute, murdered him the next.

Please help as soon a possible!!

Question: Name 3 synonyms for the word retract.

Here is a sentence example for the word retract:
"Cats can retract their claws."

I need three synonyms for the word retract.

(b) 5x - 7 = 2x + 8​

HELP ME PLZ I WILL MAKE U A Brainliest




“Improving Your Luck”
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
—Thomas Jefferson
When we think of luck, we think of happy things happening; things that we did nothing to deserve. “Wow, I really aced that test. I’m so lucky!” “Yeah, I won the race, but it was really just luck.”

Luck is unpredictable. It involves being in the right place at the right time, something none of us can count on doing with regularity. It does involve chance. But luck is something not entirely out of your control: you can become a luckier person by focusing on three aspects of life: attitude, expectations, and opportunities.
Lucky people have positive attitudes. If a person who considers herself lucky and a person who considers himself unlucky find themselves in an automobile accident, their descriptions of the event will vary greatly. The lucky person will be glad that she wasn’t hurt badly in the accident, while the unlucky person will consider being in an accident at all a sign of his bad luck. When you find yourself in an unpleasant situation, focus on the positive aspects of the circumstances. Consider how things could have turned out worse and be glad they didn't.
Lucky people have positive expectations. When a lucky person settles down to study for an exam, he anticipates that his efforts will lead to success. When an unlucky person considers studying for the same exam, he may decide that his time would be better spent playing video games because he never has any luck when it comes to taking tests. Which person do you think is more likely to experience “luck” when the exams are handed out?

Finally, because lucky people have positive attitudes and expectations, they see more opportunities in life. Lucky people tend to vary their routines more than unlucky people; they try new activities and speak more often with new people. Having more experiences leads to more opportunities. Encountering more opportunities increases the chances that one of those opportunities will be exactly what you were hoping for.
Why not take your first steps toward becoming a luckier person today? Try this: First, think of three positive events that you’ve been involved with this week. Next, think of three positive outcomes you’d like to see occur in your life soon. Finally, go out in the world and see what you can do toward making those outcomes a reality. You can’t always wait for luck to come to you. Sometimes, you need to chase it down.

from "Improving Your Luck"
Which is the best summary of the third paragraph?

A) Lucky people try to seem positive when they are in bad situations, such as car accidents, while unlucky people do not hide their negative emotions.

B) Lucky people tend to describe negative situations in different terms than unlucky people.

C) To become lucky, try to think good thoughts when you are involved in bad situations.

D) Lucky people have positives attitudes; they focus on the positive aspects of a situation rather than the aspects.

PLEASE HELP ASAPP!! Buck's successful action taking over the dog team is an example of how he is _____. characterized narrated classified contrasted

One the most popular musical instruments is the piano. In the traditional musical instrument classification system of string, woodwind, percussion and brass, the piano falls into two categories. It is considered a string instrument because the sound comes from the strings inside the piano. It is also considered a percussion instrument,since the player strikes the keyboard, which signals an internal hammer to strike the strings. Choose the main idea of the paragraph. a The strings of a piano makes the sound. b The piano is a popular instrument. c The piano is both a string and percussion instrument d The piano is a string instrument.

Which definition of bitter is used in this passage?
an expression of deep pain, grief, or regret
a deep cynicism toward others
distasteful or distressing to the mind
I then, very cleverly, left all the rest to my
mother, who suggested to my father, as I
knew she would, that it would not be very
nice to let such a kind woman make the trip
for nothing. Also, since it was a
schoolteacher, I imagine that my mother
countered the idea of sin with the idea of
"education," which word, even with my
father, carried a kind of bitter weight.
-"Notes of a Native Son,"
James Baldwin

I BET NO ONE KNOWS THIS QUESTION. What does it mean to have reliable findings?

A. The findings show a high correlation.
B. The concepts are measuring what they actually claim to measure.
C. The results can be replicated and other researchers will get the same results.
D. All of these choices are correct.

Which sentence from Last Lecture supports the idea that it's important to have far-reaching goals?
A. I was going back through the family archives, and what was really amazing was, I couldn’t find any pictures of me as a kid where I wasn’t smiling….
B. When you are 8 or 9 years old and you look at the TV set, men are landing on the moon, anything’s possible.
C. I did not dream of being an astronaut, because when I was a little kid, I wore glasses and they told me oh, astronauts can’t have glasses.
D. And he showed up for practice the first day, and you know, there’s big hulking guy, we were all scared to death of him.

Decide whether the trait "tired" is stated or implied in
the sentences below.
She felt very tired after the long run.
She gave a big yawn, and her eyes began to close.
Her chin slowly dropped to her desk and she started
snoring loudly.
She was so tired that she fell asleep on her computer