Santana is writing an essay on the Chicago fire of 1871, and her thesis statement is below. As the fire spread, residents panicked and fled, but during the chaos, true everyday heroes emerged. Which detail from Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire best supports this thesis? “White's escape took him four miles outside of the city to an unoccupied cottage his brother owned.” “One of the first business structures up and open was William Kerfoot's real estate office.” “Claire and her family continued down the street when ‘a short, rough man grabbed at my bundle [but I] would not let it go.’” “It did come under my notice that some cartmen worked for whatever the sufferers felt able to pay, and one I knew worked with alacrity for nothing.”

The book the sweet hereafter: in three or four paragraphs, compare and contrast the irony of nichole's reasons for lying to the court about the accident to another well-known character who lies that you have encountered in literature. which of these characters had a better reason to lie: your character or nichole? which of these characters got the outcome they hoped for when they told the lie? what does the irony in each story say about the nature of truth and lies? (note: some famous literary liars you might consider writing about are: elizabeth proctor or abigail williams from the crucible; odysseus from the odyssey; romeo from romeo and juliet; tom or daisy buchanan from the great gatsby; arthur dimmesdale from the scarlet letter; the narrator or marla singer from fight club; cyrano or christian from cyrano de bergerac; sheherazhad from arabian nights; huck finn from the adventures of huckleberry finn; pip from great expectations, or a liar of your choice from a book or play you have read/seen)

Hamlet act 1 what task does king claudius give to cornelius and voltemand?

Read the sentence from barrio boy by ernesto galarza. "now, ernesto, you are the man of the family. you will take care of your mother until we are together in sacramento. which statement best describes the figurative language used in these sentences? a simile is used to compare ernesto to a man. a simile is used to paint a picture of family life. a metaphor is used to compare a man and his family. a metaphor is used to paint a picture of responsibility.