The last question of the Science Brain Games flashed up on the
screen. It took only a few seconds to get the information I needed. I
drew the graph required to answer the question, dropped my pencil,
and slapped the buzzer. My contestant light blinked
wildly. If this
answer was correct, I was going to fulfill my dream of attending Space
Camp
Which statement most clearly
shows how the author
uses point of view to
develop the characters in this text?
A. The author uses a third-person limited point of view to reveal the
narrator's thought process during the competition.
B. The authorizes third-person limited point of view to show that the narrator is more motivated by the prize than by the competition itself

C. the author uses a first-person point of view to show how intensive experience of the competition is for the narrator

D. the author uses first-person point of view to show that the narrator is more motivated than her competitors

Why does the author introduce druse as lying in a “clump of laurel”? consider any symbolic or cultural meanings associated with this plant, and what significance it lends to this particular story. story "a horseman in the sky"

What statement best describes the central conflict in this passage from the diary of anne frank? because the franks are jewish and the van daans are not, the franks and the van daans do not get along. because they are jewish, the franks, the van daans, and mr. dussel are in hiding to avoid being discovered by the nazi party. anne does not discuss anything with her mother because she believes that her mother does not understand her. mr. and mrs. van daan argue because mrs. van daan does not think that mr. van daan has the right to sell her fur coat.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.