In class, someone silently passed gas. A girl told the teacher “someone passed gas” and then I laughed a bit cause of what she said. Then another girl said it was me who passed gas. Then the whole class (except for the girl who first announced someone passed gas) started laughing. Why did the second girl say it was me who passed gas and why did everyone but the first girl laugh at me. And why did the second girl look at me with a devious smile??

Read the excerpt below from "letter from birmingham jail" and then answer the question below: "my citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. but i must confess that i am not afraid of the word "tension." i have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. just as socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood." how does king's repetition of the term "tension" impact the meaning of the text? question 5 options: dr. king says that he is afraid of the word tension and he doesn't think it is necessary. dr. king repeats the word tension to explain how he sees the word as a negative force that discourages change. dr. king repeats the word tension unintentionally, and it doesn't impact the meaning of the text. dr. king repeats the word tension to support how he views the word tension as positive and growth-producing.

Pl true or false: a hyphen can indicate that a word has been split up at the end of a line and continues onto the next line.

Understand that amassed in paragraph 3 means