In Chapter 12, Odilia calls on the goddess Tonantzin to help her and her sisters escape the nagual. Reread page 187, beginning where Odilia awakens her sisters (“Juanita, Velia, Delia, I called to my sisters . . .”) until the end of the chapter. Consider how each girl responds during their attempts to escape and what aspect of her character is revealed. Record your thinking by answering the following question. What supporting evidence or quotation from the text supports your answer to the previous answer?

Lots of elementary school kids play sports after school. they play soccer, tennis, football, baseball, and even lacrosse. but i think that another great way to spend the afternoon is by playing a non-physical activity: chess. at our school we have a chess club that meets every week to play games and to learn about chess-related issues. chess is a wonderful game for many reasons. chess teaches students to be patient and not rush decisions. chess also teaches students how to strategize their future plans. and finally, chess teaches students the importance and necessity of sacrifice. chess can teach students just as much as any other sport. which sentence could best be added to this paragraph as a supporting detail? a) chess is not as fun as playing a sport outdoors might be. b) my father is very good at chess and plays a game with me every night. c) chess teaches students to think ahead about the consequences of their actions. d) other activities that are as fun as chess are painting, drawing, dancing, and acting.

Once soueif's and her nieces join the protest, there is a distinct shift in the tone.

Match each persuasive technique with the excerpt that uses it. expert opinion association emotional appeal scientific data compared to the yearly average of 6.5 million square kilometers between 1979 and 2010 for september, the arctic sea ice shrank below 4 million square kilometers in september 2012, which is lower than any minimum value observed in the last three decades. (european environmental agency, “the melting arctic") arrowright according to morten olsen, chair of a recent arctic council assessment of changes on arctic snow-and ice-conditions, "changes in the climate and cryosphere risk fundamentally altering the arctic ecosystems." (european environmental agency, “the melting arctic") arrowright sip a cup of turbo brown to taste the liberating power of flying through your day's work like a cruising jet. arrowright if we don't step up our efforts, the melodious songs of these beautiful birds might be silenced forever. arrowright