There was no use in arguing with a person like this. i promptly put such a strain on my memory that by and by even the shoal water and the countless crossing-marks began to stay with me. but the result was just the same. i never could more than get one knotty thing learned before another presented itself. now i had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. a time came at last, however, when mr. bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. so he began—

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what conclusion can you make from the first paragraph?
a) mr. bixby dislikes the narrator.
b) the narrator is angry with mr. bixby.
c) the narrator thinks mr. bixby is stubborn.
d) mr. bixby thinks the narrator is stubborn.

Match each term to its definition. the ideas that show a speaker's point of view or beliefs about a topic facts, statistics, examples, and expert opinions that support a point of view or belief evidence arrowright claims arrowright

Which literary approach focuses primarily on the dynamics of power in a text?

Me with this questions i really need them right 4. any complex sentence contains a. independent clauses only b. dependent clauses only c. one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses d. neither independent clauses nor dependent clauses 5. an appositive is a phrase or clause that a. is a noun or group of words acting as a noun b. is placed right next to a noun c. gives more information about a noun d. all of the above 6. select the correctly punctuated sentence containing appositve. a. the vocational counselor an experienced placement specialist has agreed to me get a job. b. the vocational counselor, an experienced placement specialist has agreed to me get a job. c. the vocational counselor an experienced placement specialist, has agreed to me get a job. d. the vocational counselor, an experienced placement specialist, has agreed to me get a job.