read the passage.
excerpt from "marie curie and the discovery of radioactivity" by mara rockliff
to the austrian mine owners who had sent the pitchblende ore, it was just dirt. after all, they had already taken out the valuable part—the metallic element called uranium—and dumped what was left over in a nearby pine forest. if a pair of eccentric french scientists wanted them to scoop up the worthless stuff and ship it, the mine owners were happy to oblige.
but marie and pierre curie knew the secret of the dull brown ore. hidden deep within it was a new chemical element. no one, the curies included, had ever seen this element. still, the husband-and-wife team had given it a name: radium. and marie was determined to prove radium was real.
it could be inferred that the word eccentric in the text means "odd."
which context clue best confirm this meaning of the word eccentric?
"scientists wanted them to scoop up the worthless stuff and ship it"
"after all, they had already taken out the valuable part…called uranium"
"no one…had ever seen this element"
"deep within it was a new chemical element"

How does brian feel about working with stacey on the story? use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Match the term to the correct example. 1. allusion juliet: else would i tear the cave where echo lies, / and make her airy tongue more hoarse than 2. imagery chorus: that fair for which love groan’d for and would die, / with tender juliet match’d, is now not fair. 3. personification friar laurence: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; / too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. 4. foreshadowing romeo: the brightness of her cheek would shame those stars / as daylight doth a lamp.

Freedoms" speech. i have called for personal sacrifice. i am assured of the willingness of almost all americans to respond to that call. a part of the sacrifice means the payment of more money in taxes. in my budget message i shall recommend that a greater portion of this great defense program be paid for from taxation than we are paying today. no person should try, or be allowed, to get rich out of this program; and the principle of tax payments in accordance with ability to pay should be constantly before our eyes to guide our legislation. what argument is roosevelt supporting with his appeal to logic in the underlined section of the excerpt? if americans are willing to trust roosevelt, it only makes sense that he will ensure that the tax money is well managed. if americans are willing to make a personal sacrifice, it only makes sense that they will be seen as both noble and patriotic. if americans feel it is right to enter the war, it only makes sense that they will have to pay more in taxes to cover the costs. if americans feel it is right to pay more taxes, it only makes sense that they should also agree it is right to enter the war.