Read the following passage:
a boy is insecure and unhappy until a mentor begins
teaching him martial arts. the boy's strength and
confidence grow, and he begins competing at a national
level. when the mentor passes away suddenly, the boy
realizes that it was not the sport but the friendship that he
most loved
which of the following story descriptions most directly shares themes with
the passage above?
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a. a boxer is at the top of his sport until his closest relationship falls
apart and he loses his passion for boxing.
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b. a young man is picked on regularly at school until he learns to
juggle and impresses his classmates, who then beg him to
perform at school functions.
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c. two friends who meet at summer camp continue to stay in touch
by writing letters, using only the secret code they learned at camp.
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d. a piano teacher learns that one of his best students actually
prefers drums, but she shows up regularly because she has ng
other role model

Describe the character of sissy jupe, from hard times, by charles dickens, in four sentences. use anaphora and one metaphor in your description.

Must read story will give if ! in “perseverance,” which theme is reflected in the lines, “life’s field will yield as we make it / a harvest of thorns or of flowers”? a: life is a field in which flowers and thorns will grow. b: accept what you are given, because you cannot change it. c: your life is the result of the work you put into it. d: working together people achieve their goals in life.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.