WILL MARK AS BRAINLIST ASAP Page 2
How do the acknowledgements help readers
understand the organization of ideas in the text?
O It gives background information so the author can
explain the chronology of events.
Acknowledgements
The idea for this book began to take shape more
than six years ago when I came across a copy of
John H. Powell's Bring Out Your Dead. Reading
this book was a revelation, not just because of the
depth of scholarship, but because Powell brought
the time alive in a powerful and emotional way.
I've discovered that no one writes about the
Philadelphia epidemic-no one writes about
yellow fever, period!-without relying heavily on
this work, and that includes me.
-An American Plague,
Jim Murphy
o It allows the reader to compare the author's story
to another author's writing.
It provides a list of all sources used to show that
the author's sources are reliable.
It describes why the author writes about the events
and their causes.

It is very important to promote self esteem in young children

Match each word from richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game" to its correct meaning. placid doggedly zealous scruples with determination arrowright extremely passionate arrowright morals arrowright calm arrowright

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.