Question: In Paragraph 4, President Obama repeats the phrase “Students who sat where you sit …” Why does he include this phrase? How does it add to the meaning of this excerpt? Use evidence from the text.

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

Which is not a controlling idea in the essay? a) average joggers b) importance of tradition eliminate c) olympic-level competitors d) fräbel-designed crystal peach

The function described as consumption and the absorption of energy through photosynthesis is called a. respiration b.energy absorption/food consumption c.excretion d. re-charge