(1) in 1751, the philadelphia provincial assembly had a bell made. (2) it was for the new state house. (3) the bell weighed more than 2,000 pounds. (4) the bell was 12 feet in circumference around the bottom. (5) it came to be known as the liberty bell because it was inscribed with a motto about liberty. (6) unfortunately, the liberty bell cracked in 1752 during a test ring. (7) to fix the bell, the philadelphia assembly had it recast. (8) some people say the bell cracked again in 1835. (9) it was tolling for john marshall’s funeral. (10) however, that is probably just a legend. (11) it is a fact that on february 22, 1846, the bell cracked again. (12) that crack could not be fixed. (13) the liberty bell has had a crack in it ever since. which is the most effective way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

What is the subject matter of the book a long way gone by ishmael beah? a. beah's experience as a boy soldier b. the life of a child kidnapped into slavery c. a story about the civil war in nigeria d. a novel about a fictional hero of war select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

In the excerpt, what does turner not fully understand because he is a child? the value of lizzie’s friendship the deeper racial conflict the severe danger he is facing the history of malaga island