Read this sentence from the passage. Then I can hear the small sounds: the sound of water dripping
from the mussels on the ceiling or of water dripping from
seaweeds that line the walls-small, silver splashes losing
themselves in the vastness of the pool and in the confused,
murmurous whisperings that emanate from the pool itself-the
pool that is never quite still.
What is the most likely reason the author includes the sentence
in the passage?
O to explain why the tidal pool is in a constant state of motion
O to show that some aspects of the tidal pool are difficult to understand
O to prove to the reader that the tidal pool is an experience for all of the
senses
to help the reader feel that he or she is experiencing the tidal pool
with the author
Asa pleas

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

The following question asks about one or more selections from your literature textbook. you may use your textbook to answer this question. both “lob’s girl” and “jeremiah’s song” contain flashbacks. in a paragraph, explain what this plot technique adds to the stories. support your answer with one detail from each story.

But this, but you – small, pitiful and twiggy – you put me down with wine, you blinded me. come back, odysseus, and i'll treat you well, praying the god of earthquake to befriend you – his son i am, for he by his avowal fathered me, and, if he will, he may heal me of this black wound – he and no other of all the happy gods or mortal men.' few words i shouted in reply to him: 'if i could take your life i would and take your time away, and hurl you down to hell! the god of earthquake could not heal you there! ' at this he stretched his hands out in his darkness toward the sky of stars, and prayed poseidon: 'o hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if i am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home -the odyssey, homer what motivates cyclops to ask poseidon to interfere with odysseus's journey home?