Read the following excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" and answer the question. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout
for the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box Into which no letter would go, and an electric
button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.
What is the meaning of the word coax as it is used in the passage?
force
repair
O expect
persuade

Select the rebuttal statement that best refutes the viewpoint in section one. a) it is necessary to oversee the athletes involved in mixed martial arts. b) it is unnecessary to oversee the athletes involved in mixed martial arts. c) it is necessary for athletes involved in mixed martial arts to self-regulate. d) one distinctive feature of mixed martial arts is the combination of various techniques.

Before ending this lesson, take a moment to review an informative research essay you have written. you’ve probably already written a conclusion to the essay. but is it the best conclusion it can be? does it properly summarize the main subtopics of your essay? does it state in one or two sentences the “so what” of your topic. if your topic was abraham lincoln, your essay shouldn’t be just about abraham lincoln. it should answer, “so what about abraham lincoln? ” take five or ten minutes, and looking only at that single paragraph, revise your conclusion

To the person who said "why are boys always in their lying nature (school project)" lol but nah you jus mess with the wrong dudes