Read the passage below. sylvia watched the game clock wind down until just twenty-five seconds remained in the basketball game. then, with thoughts of the championship trophy swimming in her brain, sylvia developed a plan. first, she needed to get her hands on the ball, which she did when a missed shot caused the ball to rebound off the backboard. dribbling quickly, she then raced down the court and prepared to take the winning shot. with the clock now showing just two seconds, sylvia stopped dribbling and braced for the shot. finally, she aimed for the hoop and waited to see if her team would be taking home the trophy. according to the signal words within the paragraph, when did sylvia develop a plan for winning the game? while she missed the shot that rebounded off the backboard before she thought about winning the championship trophy after she saw how little time remained on the game’s clock as she raced quickly down the court dribbling the basketball

Which two elements does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens contain? "a small matter," said the ghost, “to make these silly folks so full of gratitude." "small! " echoed scrooge. the spirit signed to him to listen to the two apprentices, who were pouring out their hearts in praise of fezziwig: and when he had done so, said, "why! is it not? he has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. is that so much that he deserves this praise? " "it isn’t that," said scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. "it isn't that, spirit. he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? the happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune." he felt the spirit's glance, and stopped. "what is the matter? " asked the ghost. "nothing particular," said scrooge. "something, i think? " the ghost insisted. "no," said scrooge, "no. i should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. that's all."

Hurry 100 points consider the speakers in "the raven" and the speaker in "the song of wandering aengus."write two paragraphs to compare and contrast the voice in these two poems. how does the poet give the speaker in each poem a distinctive voice? what effect does this voice have in each poem?

2dogs and 2 humans how many people are there? animals are considered as people too?