8. read the following paragraph from "the pin." first, i made a list of my goals. they included making new friends, getting to know my teachers, and keeping busy in a positive way. as i was walking through the hall, i saw a poster announcing the upcoming election for school officers. suddenly, it all fell into place. i would run for freshman class president! the idea seemed a little crazy, even to me. how could a newcomer, an unknown, get elected?
which of the following is the best paraphrase of the ideas in this paragraph?

(a)the narrator sets some goals for himself, which include getting to know others by running for a position on the student council.
(b)the narrator resolves to make new friends by being more involved in school and decides to run for the office of freshman class president.
(c)the narrator decides to run for freshman class president after realizing that he needs to actively make new friends because he has not been very positive.
(d) the narrator sees a poster advertising the office of class president and decides to run for office because he feels like he needs to meet new friends and get to know his teachers.

What does twain find ironic and hypocritical about human patriotism?

What did cherry mean when she said, “things are rough all over” ? the outsiders

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.