Answer the following questions with the story: The War Player by Mark Twain (1916).

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion

Look at the five words you selected to study during this lesson. use the second one in an original sentence. in a second sentence, explain how you have used or seen this word in your daily life. use proper grammar and spelling. note: you must write your own original sentence to receive points for this question. my word is flabbergast

Oceans produce approximately 80 percent of the oxygen our planet needs to support animal life. pollution that reaches the ocean through dumping, oil leaks, runoff, and other processes interferes with that oxygen production and poses a real threat to the oxygen content in our atmosphere. if the oxygen content decreases, it is likely that carbon dioxide will increase. this could have dramatic consequences for life as we know it. which does this passage indicate causes a decrease of oxygen in the atmosphere?