Directions: analogies are equations in which the first pair of words has the same relationship as the second pair of words. for example, beautiful is to ugly as exciting is to boring. both pairs of words are opposites. choose the best word from the word box to complete each of the analogies below. confidential flimsy negotiating shun slew festering meddling resourceful sully paltry fake is to genuine as sturdy is to embrace is to as reward is to punish. imaginative is to as careless is to reckless. inaccuarte is to precise as public is to bargaining is to as faltering is to hesitating. peaceful is to calm as is to rankling. is to interfering as grining is to smiling. abandon is to desert as tarnish is to petty is to as skinny is to scrawny. begin is to stop as is to few.

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

Which story stgory scenario would most likely be a parable

Evaluate one of the speeches you heard about a plan to erect a statue honoring the pioneers. choose the speech you disagree with, and write a two- or three-paragraph rebuttal in the form of a letter to the editor. (apex english 11 sem 1)