A Three-Point Turn

Chapter 1

"You know, hardly anyone ever needs to do a three-point turn anymore," said Justin, trying to help Becky calm down.

"Oh, so it's not a useful skill AND I am probably going to fail the driving test because I can't do it anyway," Becky said, raising her voice for emphasis. "That should make me feel like a million bucks when I flunk."

Justin was riding with Becky so she could take her driving test. He had volunteered for the job because he thought she would be less nervous with him than with their mom, but so far, he wasn't sure he was making any difference.

"Slow down, your turn is coming up here," he said, looking ahead.

"I know, I know," she replied, "I've been here before remember—the last time I flunked."

Justin was pretty sure if he had let her miss the turn, things would only have deteriorated further, but he wasn't sure he was fond of being the scapegoat for Becky's anxiety.

"Listen, you need to take a few deep breaths," he said, hoping he could help her at least relax a bit. "Being nervous won't help you with the three-point turn or anything else you have to do. Hey, did you just take that turn without your turn signal on?" This was going to be harder than he thought.

"Stop yelling at me," Becky replied, clearly frustrated, "I can't concentrate."

"Look, you need to stop and get yourself together here," Justin started. "It is not just about passing the driving test. I don't want to get in an accident, so pull into that parking lot."

Becky drove into the office building's parking lot where Justin was pointing. Justin knew they were less than a mile from the licensing office, and if she continued in this condition, he'd be having this same discussion three months from now when she tried the test again for the third time.

"You need to get a grip," he started after she put the car in park, "because you have studied and practiced driving all year. You know this stuff inside and out, backwards and forwards. What are you so nervous about?"

"I don't know, I don't know," Becky wailed, resting her head on the steering wheel. "I just get so tired of failing."

Listening quietly as Becky sobbed, Justin realized this was about much more than a driving test. He also knew if he didn't find a way to help Becky things would just get worse.

Chapter 2

Justin took a deep breath and collected his thoughts. Becky was an unbelievably consistent straight-A student. It was Justin who got the bad grades in school, and Justin who had to repeat every math class he'd ever taken. It was Justin who wished he could get the grades Becky got. Some things came easier for Justin: He was athletic, handy with tools, and good at making the best of whatever life threw at him. Mom called him her "lemons into lemonade" kid. But for the most part, Becky succeeded easily, whereas Justin had to work and work to just get a passing grade.

Rather than having Becky catalogue all the things she supposedly "failed" at, Justin decided to try an alternative approach, one that wouldn't remind him of all the ways he had failed.

"Okay, Becky, let's assume for a moment you fail this test again. What is the worst thing that could happen?" he asked.

"I would be the oldest kid at school without a license and be humiliated," she replied. Justin thought he heard a bit of panic in her voice but continued with his plan.

"Yes, but won't we still have to drive to school together for at least one more year anyway?" he asked.

"Yes, but..." she started.

"And who will know, if you don't tell anyone except your friends, that you don't have your license? You know Mom can't afford another car just for you, right?"

"Yes," she said quietly.

"So what difference does it make, really," he said. "Another three months to wait in the grand scheme of your life doesn't seem like all that long, right?"

"I suppose not," she said.

Justin could tell she was breathing more slowly now. "Besides," he said, "I would miss all the practice driving with you," and for good measure he reached over and pinched her arm.

"Ow," she said, hitting back at him, "that hurt."

"So let's go do this, okay?

"Okay," she said. Becky cranked up the car, backed slowly out of the parking spot and drove up to the parking lot's exit. Justin noticed, as they waited for the traffic to clear, that she had remembered the turn signal.

Which is true of both Chapter 1 and Chapter 2?

Both have multiple major conflicts to develop.
Both include mainly one character's point of view.
Both rely mainly on the narrator to resolve the conflict.
Both rely on internal thoughts to develop both characters.

Frank McCourt, Whose Irish Childhood Illuminated His Prose, Is Dead at 78:” What is the meaning of “whose Irish childhood illuminated his prose” as it is used in the title? Question 45 options: a) McCourt became a despised novelist because he fictionalized his upbringing. b) The colorful descriptions of the Irish landscape are irrelevant to his writings. c) McCourt’s writing was at its most powerful when channelling his Irish roots. d) McCourt used his Irish heritage as a crutch to cover up lackluster writing skills.

In these two lines by Tennyson, what sound is being alliterated?
"The moan of doves in immemorial elms, and murmuring of innumerable bees."
a) "b"
b) "d"
c) "o"
d) "m"

Examine the painting Self-Portrait with Monkey and Parrot. What do the animals and the background suggest about the artist? her interest in nature her appreciation for beauty her interest in pleasing others her feelings about her condition

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Write a letter to your principal asking for three days leave mentioning the reasons for the leave. Should be in block form. should contain all the components of formal letter. Please help me with this. I want to see difference between my letter. Will mark brainliest!!!

write a multi paragraph essay on an event that happened in your life and the lesson learned. Identify verbs.

Read this text from a biographical website dedicated to "Shoeless" Joe Jackson:

There was no time for school, and Joe never learned to read or write. He probably would have spent the rest of his life working in the textile mill except for one thing—baseball.

Which paraphrase best avoids issues of plagiarism?

A. With little time for education, Joe did not learn to read and would have worked all his life in the mill without baseball.

B. Because there was no time for school, Joe never learned to read or write and probably would have spent the rest of his life working in the textile mill except for one thing—baseball.

C. He would have spent his life working in the textile mill except for baseball because there was no time for school, and Joe never learned to read or write.

D. Joe never learned to read or write since there was no time for school, and he would have worked his whole life in the textile mill without baseball.

This speech was given prior to the Civil War and nearly 70 years before women in the United States were allowed to vote. What is Sojourner Truth saying about the connection between civil rights for African Americans and the rights of women? Why was she able to stand before a large audience and expound this way without notes or preparation? What issue of today might inspire you to make an unrehearsed speech? Post a detailed response to the Sojourner Truth Discussion prompt. Then respond to two classmates' posts.


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How does Greg change over time cite evidence from the text.
"The treasure of lemon brown"

figurative language can involve comparing two things. Use what you’ve learned to create your own comparisons. Write a simile or metaphor that describes any item in the following list: eyes trees rose time sea

In the following sentence, what type of context clue is used to help you figure out the meaning of the word meticulous? This weekend, instead of its usual messy state, my room was meticulous. A. Definition B. Inference C. Antonym D. Synonym

Arrange these words in alphabetical order.

What do you think a persuasive angle is?

Choose the sentence in which the word in ALL CAPS is used incorrectly.
Group of answer choices

The traditional family in China expects the eldest male, usually the grandfather, to be AUTOCRATIC.

Although she officially ruled with her brother, Cleopatra was the unquestioned AUTOCRAT of Roman Egypt.

Children learn to be self-governing by gradual practice in AUTOCRACY.

By dividing power among the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government, the U.S. Constitution prevents a president from becoming an AUTOCRAT.

Read the following and answer the question below.
At that moment I knew I was dead. That might not be the best place to start actually. Let me back up a little bit. I did not want to be here. Here being the army. I know I enlisted, but I never
thought I would actually end up here, in boot camp. What a scary placel And my drill Sargent hated me on my first day I did not make my bed. I can't believe I forgot. He walked right up to me
and starred me in the face. I don't even want to know what he is going to do to me.
What kind of narrator is this?
A. Intrusive
OB. Self-conscious
c. Unreliable
D. Inadequate

Which is an example of a time-bound goal?

Complete something in 90 days.
Do something at noon every day.
Take only five minutes to complete a goal.
Give yourself more than enough time to complete a goal.

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Which is a theme in Gentleman of Río en Medio?

A-There are different ways to view money, time, and land ownership.
B-Rules and regulations determine what the truth is in any situation.
C-Land can only be owned by individuals, not an entire community.
D-Money and time are valued over anything else by most people.

Which of these best describes how to reduce wordiness in this sentence??

“The world on a turtles back”
Answer the following questions properly (complete sentences and direct citations/quotations where necessary)
7. Discuss a part of the story that is ambiguous (the meaning of purposely unclear or open to interpretation).

What are some of the external motivations that shape who you are every day?

Separate it to prefix suffix root word

hypertension
diabetes
photophobia
nausea
emesis
diagnosis
shingles
meningitis
cellulitis
erythrocyte
basal
metabolic
sedimentation
tomography
lumbar
cerebrospinal fluid
afebrile
respiratory
oxemetry
atraumatic
normocephalic
palpation
cervical
extraocular
deformities
symmetric
auscultation
rhythm
abdomen
extremities
neurologic
interpreter
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Nights and Dragons— From the memoir of author Abigail Prynne 1 I sit at my desk listening to thunder growl outside my window. Flashes of light burst through the darkness, and wind races past my window. The thrilling combination of sight and sound conjures up visions of dragons roaring proudly, breathing fire, and soaring across the midnight sky. Dragons first fascinated me when I was a little girl. They have followed me ever since. The magnificent creatures appeared in storybooks I read in the library, paintings I saw in museums, movies I watched in the theater, and the dreams I had in my sleep. By the time I was thirteen, one question consumed me. I wanted to know if dragons ever existed, so I set out on a quest for facts. 2 As I started my research, I discovered many skeptics. Scientists presented evidence to show why dragons could not—and did not—exist. They explained that it would be impossible for dragons to fly because they would be too big. They laughed at the idea of dragons breathing fire. They pointed out that no other animal has ever done this. They said that if dragons had lived, someone would have found remains somewhere in the world. No bones about it, there were plenty of logical explanations. It would have been easy for me to accept that the only place dragons ever existed was in the imaginations of those who believed. 3 I could have given up, but I thought about my grandmother. She always told me that "people who believe that science is the answer to everything are missing out on everything else." With her words in mind, I searched some more. There were many facts that hinted that dragons may not be fictional. I noticed that cultures across the world all described dragons in similar ways. This was odd because they had no way to communicate with each other. I found dragons mentioned in more than just stories. They appeared in old legal papers, in the travel logs of Marco Polo, and in the Bible. I saw that the Chinese calendar uses a different animal each year. Dragons are included along with eleven real animals. I began to believe it was a real possibility that all of these people were talking about a creature that actually existed. 4 With renewed hope that there was some truth to the legends, I looked for new research. I found that some experts disagreed with popular arguments against dragons. They suggested that a dragon could have four stomachs like a cow. If it created stomach gases like birds, it might create enough to lift itself off the ground. This would give it the ability to fly. If it forced out air when diving toward the earth, it might release gases which could ignite into flame. When the animal died, the stomachs would release strong acids that would dissolve its dead body over time. Biologists backed up these ideas with sketches and models based on known animals. Not everyone agreed with these ideas, but many of the things we accept about dinosaurs and other extinct species started the same way. 5 I doubt we will ever truly know whether dragons existed. There may always be two sides to the fiery debate. Some will say the stories come from active imaginations. Some will believe with all their hearts that the legendary creatures roamed our ancient world. I don't know for certain which side to believe, but the sound and fury of a night like this makes me smile. It rekindles my childhood dreams and keeps the exciting possibility alive. Which sentence from paragraph 4 makes an explicit statement without offering any implicit suggestions? With renewed hope that there was some truth to the legends, I looked for new research. If it created stomach gases like birds, it might create enough to lift itself off the ground. Biologists backed up these ideas with sketches and models based on known animals.

Read the paragraph. Then answer the question that follows.

Perhaps you wanted pizza for dinner, but were out voted by the rest of the family who wanted chili. This is similar to what happens in a community. One person has to give up a right for the good of the group. Sometimes citizens' duties and rights conflict with each other. A good example is a public protest. People have the right to meet in groups and share ideas. However, a protest can disrupt traffic or other normal activities. A city must provide extra police protection to keep people safe. Therefore, the city has the right to require permission in advance for a protest. Government must make laws to balance the rights of individuals and different groups of people.

Which of the following statements best describes this paragraph?

A. The paragraph contains categories of comparison
B. The paragraph contains a simile
C. The paragraph contains no text connections
D. The paragraph contains an analogy​

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Choose an animal species that live in Antarctica. Using the Internet, research five interesting facts about the animal you choose. Describe what you learned. Be sure to include the website address where you learned the information about your animal species. P.S (should be approximately 20-25 lines)

What is the tone in the poem “The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

A- anxiety
B- admiration
C- disapproval
D- indifference

In 5–7 complete sentences, summarize your Module One short story. Give specific details about the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Your response should address each element of plot. The story is Rules of the Game.