Source:Student Response: Even in such a bitter, unusual election, roughly half of eligible Americans probably won't vote by the end of Election Day. In recent elections, turnout has ranged from about 50% to 60% of the voting-age population.

But there is a simple change the US could make to boost turnout dramatically, something that has worked in at least 26 other democracies.

The government could make Americans vote.

–“Half of Americans Probably Won’t Vote – but Requiring Them to Would Change That,”
Chris Weller

Which details from the passage would be appropriate to add to the student response? Choose three correct answers.

In recent elections, 50–60 percent of the voting-age population voted.
Twenty-six other democracies have made compulsory voting work.
The government could make Americans vote.
The 2016 election was bitter and unusual.
The simple change could be dramatic.

Active reading to kill a mockingbird, twelve through twenty-one during the trial, atticus questions four witnesses. as you read, complete the chart below by noting the key information given by each witness during questioning. also note how each witness behaves on the stand, commenting on the general impression the witness makes. answer for the following characters: the sheriff, bob ewell, miss ewell, and tom robinson.

In 1808, their friend, the romantic poet clemens brentano, asked them to collect all types of folk tales so he could use them in a book of literary fairy tales. in 1810, they sent him fifty-four texts, which they fortunately copied. fortunately, because brentano then lost the manuscript in the ölenberg monastery in alsace and never used the grimms’ texts. when they realized that brentano was not going to use the tales, they decided, upon the advice of another romantic writer and mutual friend, achim von arnim, to publish their collection. it had grown to eighty-six tales, which they published in 1812, and then another seventy, which they published in 1815. –“how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale,” jack zipes what structural technique does the writer use in this passage? the writer describes events in chronological order. the writer describes events in their order of importance. the writer provides a central idea and then lists examples. the writer shows how the grimms made mistakes and then solved them.

In the reading, i know why the caged bird sings, marguerite views mrs. flowers as a larger than life personality. which quote from the text most strongly supports how marguerite views mrs. flowers? question 18 options: a) “i’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.” b) “you see, i had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat.” c) “there was a little path beside the rocky road, and mrs. flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.” d) “somehow i had never connected mrs. flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people.”