How is the author's purpose conveyed in the Newsela article "Storytelling and Cultural Traditions"? The story of Anansi, the trickster spider, is used as an example of how animals in Africa inspired the first griot to begin a storytelling tradition.

The Irish seanchai are used as an example of how the tradition of storytelling has ended with a younger generation that connects in other ways.

The lyrics of a song are used as an example of how honored members of Hawaiian society share their knowledge of history and genealogy.

The seder during Passover is used as an example of how religion plays a part in the storytelling tradition of the Jewish people.

Type the correct answer in the box. use numerals instead of words. if necessary, use / for the fraction bar. the length of each side of a square increases by 2.5 inches to form a new square with a perimeter of 70 inches. the length of each side of the original square was inches.

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

How are the characters of tablin and keyn revealed in this excerpt from "the guard" by simon dunbar? a. indirectly through dialogue and by thoughts and actions b. directly through a narrative description c. indirectly through dialogue "where's my horse? " keyn asked. tablin looked around the dirt courtyard. he tried to peer through the shadowy arches of the flowing barrel. he even twisted in his saddle to look across the merchant's bazaar, past tents and warehouses filled with goods. "i don't know," he said. "did you leave it in your mouth? it's the only place i can think of that's big enough." keyn laughed; something got stuck in his throat half way, and he coughed for breath. "i can see you're good to go,” tablin observed as keyn struggled to clear his throat. “go get your horse yourself before i take the job and leave you to rot in the flowing barrel."