Read this excerpt from beowulf, in which unferth, one of hrothgar's warriors, addresses beowulf. “ art thou that beowulf with breca did struggle, on the wide sea-currents at swimming contended, where to humor your pride the ocean ye tried, ’twas mere folly that actuated you both to risk your lives on the ocean. from vainest vaunting adventured your bodies in care of the waters?in the water’s possession, ye toiled for a seven-night; he at swimming outdid thee, in strength excelled thee. the pledge that he made thee breca outdid you entirely. the son of beanstan hath soothly accomplished. then i ween thou wilt find thee less fortunate issue, much more will grendel outdo you, if you vie with him in prowess. which of these words best describes unferth's tone? a. vehement b. insulting c. ironic d. casual

The two essential parts of the sentence are the: a: subject n verb b: subject n noun c: adjective n verb

He following question refers to the text and graphic below. read the text and view the graphic carefully to you choose the best response. "how 7th grade students at madison middle school use their smart phones" i recently surveyed seventh graders at madison middle school to determine how they used their cell phones. my goal was to determine which daily activities were the most popular. out of 151 seventh graders in our school, 93 of them use smart phones. 57 of those students agreed to track their cell phones usage in a journal for three days. i compared journal statistics and gathered the following data. data revealed that students spent 35 percent of their phone time playing games and using apps. these included games played alone and against friends. it also included social media apps. students spent 21 percent of their time texting and 20 percent of their time listening to music. music included songs downloaded on their phones and music that streamed from other sources.14 percent of cell phone time was spent browsing the internet while 9 percent of the time was spent using the phone to take photographs. most ironically, students reported spending only 1 percent of their time using cell phones to make actual phone calls. image of a graph with the title, how 7th grade students at madison miller middle school use their smart phones. a pie chart is shown with the colours, orange, green, pink, purple, blue and light pink. the following are the present ages. orange 35 percent, games and apps. green, 21 percent, texting. pink 20 percent, music. purple, 14 percent web browsing. blue 9 percent, camera. light pink, 1 percent, phone calls.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.