Read the passage. |ACT 1 SCENE 1 A hospital room. Steven sits next to the hospital bed of his wife, Sierra. He is holding her hand. She wears a white hospital gown. The bed sheets and walls are white. They are surrounded by a harsh, white fluorescent light that hangs above the bed. The room is windowless. STEVEN: Can I get you anything? SIERRA: (She pauses) No, I'm fine. (She pulls down the blanket with her free hand. Steven's gaze is locked on her.) Which is the purpose of the information contained in the parentheses? 1. It gives information about the setting, 02. It tells what the actors are saying. 3. It tells what the actors are doing. 04. It gives information about the stage.

The conventions of a number of the states, having at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: and as extending the ground of public confidence in the government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. what is meant by the phrase "further declaratory and restrictive clauses"?

Write an essay of at least 200 words that explains how this theme is developed through the events and character interactions in animal farm. use details from the story to support your answer.

One element of lyric poetry is personal reflection. which lines in this poem most clearly illustrate that element? i wandered lonely as a cloudby william wordsworthi wandered lonely as a cloudthat floats on high o'er vales and hills,when all at once i saw a crowd,a host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees,fluttering and dancing in the breeze.continuous as the stars that shineand twinkle on the milky way.they stretched in never-ending linealong the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw i at a glance,tossing their heads in sprightly dance.the waves beside them danced; but theyout-did the sparkling waves in glee: a poet could not but be gay.in such a jocund company: i gazed and gazed—but little thoughtwhat wealth the show to me had brought: for oft, when on my couch i liein vacant or in pensive mood,they flash upon that inward eyewhich is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills,and dances with the daffodils.