PLEASE HELP ASAP ,, The next question refers to Shedding Light on a Dark Day. by Robin Meriwether the paragraphs have been numbered to help you identify them more easily
Shedding Light on a Dark Day by Robin Meriwether
1. On May 19. 1780. the skies over New England tumed dark in the middle of the day For more than two hundred years New England's Dark Day had been
shrouded in mystery. Some blamed volcanoes Some suggested supernatural events Some caimed it was a sign from the heavens No one knew for certain
what happened Many thought the mystery would never be solved
2 Researchers at the University of Nisou were tas
s e They began examining trees in all surrounding areas Fire damage in a Canadian forest
finally revealed the truth Scientists looked at bumed tremos and covered that huge wedfires once raged in the mountains near Ontario The savage fames
created blankets of black smoke. The smoke d on the atmosphere, darkening the New England skies hundreds of miles away
A student attempting to identity the main idea of paragraph two wrote meowing sentence
When researchers at the University of Missoun
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mountains near Ontario darkened the New England st
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ning areas fire damage in a Canadian forest revealed that huge wildfires in the
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Which sentence best describes the student's seen
The student's sentence does not include enough information from the paragraph
The student's sentence leaves out too many important details from the paragraph
The students sentence perfectly and properly captures the main idea of the paragraph
The students sentence shows the main idea but does not paraphrase the author's words

Welcome to the vocabulary assessment. by connecting with words in a more interactive way, through a graphic organizer that includes your own ideas, we hope you will learn new vocabulary strategies to integrate into your course work and your everyday life. objectives: use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words to ensure that you properly and successfully complete the vocabulary assessment, do the following: complete the assessment using the passage provided. select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word: denotation connotations synonyms antonyms affixes the sentence from the passage where the word appears an original sentence using the word a memory trick type your responses in the appropriate boxes. after you have typed your responses, print your graphic organizer and submit it to your teacher. be careful not to refresh the page before printing, as some browsers will not save your work. passage from "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. then a pause in which all is blank. then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. and now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.