Barry liked playing board games, but he hated losing. He hated losing so
much that he would do whatever it took to win, even bending or breaking
the rules. He'd steal money from the bank and hide it under the couch
cushions. He'd skip spaces while he was moving around the board. He'd
shortchange others money that they were owed and argue with them
about it. Barry's techniques were effective. He did win most of the games
that he played, but the people whom he played with were his friends and
family, and it didn't take too long until they caught on to Barry's tricks.
They tried to tell Barry to stop cheating. They said that the game wasn't
any fun when he cheated, but he didn't listen. He continued with his
treacherous style of game play, until nobody would play with him
anymore. Barry may have won a lot of games, but at what cost? What is
the theme of the story? What happens in the story to lead you to believe
this? *

Parallel structure practice instructions: if the sentence below does not have a parallel structure, retype it in a different color using parallel structure. if the sentence does have a parallel structure, type “correct” in a different color. 1. jumping, sprinting, and throwing the javelin are three activities involved in track and field. 2. marsha said that she would either go to see a movie or go to the park. correct. 3. moe and hank are planning to carpool to the party, to dance, and attending the after party. 4. bob had an active life: he swam twenty laps, ran five miles, and lifted weights every day. 5. to walk in another man’s shoes is knowing him. 6. to teach is to inspire young minds. 7. stephen’s mom complained that he had too many bad habits: he would never clean up his room, brush his teeth, or vacuuming the house. 8. justin likes swimming, hiking, and to go to concerts. 9. new orleans is famous for its food, jazz, and bourbon street. 10. cafe du monde is famous for its beignets, the coffee, and its cafe au lait.

Which statement is the most accurate summary of this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.