How doth the little crocodile      how doth the little crocodile      improve his shining tail,      and pour the waters of the nile      on every golden scale!      how cheerfully he seems to grin,      how neatly spreads his claws,      and welcomes little fishes in      with gently smiling jaws! 19. what is the rhyme scheme in "how doth the little crocodile"? a. abab cdcd b. abba abba c. abab abab d. aabb ccdd

Reread this portion of the excerpted text from common sense. men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses of britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, come, we shall be friends again for all this. but examine the passions and feelings of mankind. bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature, and then tell me, whether you can hereafter love, honor, and faithfully serve the power that hath carried fire and sword into your land? if you cannot do all these, then are you only deceiving yourselves, and by your delay bringing ruin upon posterity. your future connection with britain, whom you can neither love nor honor, will be forced and unnatural, and being formed only on the plan of present convenience, will in a little time fall into a relapse more wretched than the first. what key concept about the relationship between an abusive government and its citizens does paine want readers to understand? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be one to two complete paragraphs.

Explain the subject-verb agreement rule that applies to a singular collective subject functioning as a single unit. demonstrate your understanding of the rule by composing a sentence that uses the singular collective subject "crew”

Which word in the sentence is a direct object? grandmother brought the whole family a present. a. grandmother b. present c. family d. whole