Read the following passage: "Time had not been kind to the abandoned farm. No one had looked after the place for years. Once their parents
died, the kids had drifted off to city jobs, one by one. The walls of the old barn sagged inward. Crisp red had
dimmed to pale pink. Wild daisies poked their heads through the broken windows of a rusting pickup. The
windmill still turned in the dry breeze but most of the blades had long since fallen off."
Identify the topic of the paragraph and what the author is saying about the topic. From that, find the stated main
idea.
Topic: buildings and tools
o What the author is saying about the topic need constant upkeep
Stated main idea: No one had loo he place for years.
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[v]ast numbers of our people are compelled to seek their livelihood by begging, robbing, stealing, cheating, flattering, suborning, forswearing, forging . . which satirical element is most dominant in the passage above?

Which of the following statements would most encourage productive conflict? select all that apply.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.