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read the excerpt from an adaptation of "to build a fire.”

the thought of it drove him on again, but he ran no more than a hundred feet before staggering and pitching headlong. it was his last panic. it occurred to him that he had been making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with its head cut off. he was bound to freeze anyway, and he might as well take it decently and meet death with dignity. with this new-found peace of mind came the first glimmerings of drowsiness. a good idea, he thought, to sleep off to death. freezing was not so bad as people thought. there were lots worse ways to die.

how does the setting create conflict in this excerpt?

the trail is too slippery for the man to navigate.

the darkness of the night forces the man to desire sleep.

the extreme cold is more than the man can endure.

the loneliness of the trail makes the man lose his sanity.

Excerpt from marsupials carole jenkins they are basically very timid animals and 5 exscape from their enemies by jumping away on their strong and powerful hind legs. look at the underlined section labelled 5. there may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. if you find a mistake choose the answer that corrects the mistake. if there is no mistake, choose ‘correct as is.’ a) correct as is. b) escape from their enemies by jumping away c) exscape from there enemies by jumping away d) exscape from their enemie’s by jumping away

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?

How does storytelling imagine the future?