3. When "Washington took inventory of the situation," he... * “Things turned bad for the Americans when a British spy discovered a weakness in the
American line. At night, the British marched through the weakly guarded Jamaica pass and came up
on a group of Americans from the side. Those Americans fought back, but most of the soldiers were
killed. The American soldiers pulled back to forts in Brooklyn Heights, dangerously close to the East
River. Washington took inventory of the situation. He realized that if the British pressed on and pinned
the Americans against the river, Washington and his men might have no choice but to surrender.”

A. scattered his troops

B. created fortifications

C. gathered information of his current situation

D. requested back up

Read the sentences below. (1) wordsworth believed that poetry should present the ordinary in unusual ways, and shelley's "ode to the west wind" does just that. (2) in the poem, the speaker calls the wind "thou breath of autumn's being." (3) later in the poem, the speaker refers to the wind as both "destroyer and preserver." which word or phrase would smooth the transition between sentence 1 and sentence 2? a "in addition" b "finally" c "for instance" d "moreover"

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.

“to build a fire” what is happening to the mans fingers and toes