Read the excerpt from The Odyssey, Six benches were left empty in every ship
that evening when we pulled away from death.
And this new grief we bore with us to sea:
our precious lives we had, but not our friends,
No ship made sail next day until some shipmate
had raised a cry, three times, for each poor ghost
unfleshed by the Cicones on that field.
Which key details should be included in a paraphrase
of this passage? Check all that apply.
A shipmate cried out three times for each life lost.
Six men from each ship lost their lives at Cicones,
The ships pulled away from shore during the
evening,
The men were greatly saddened by the loss of their
friends
Many of Odysseus's men did not escape with their
lives

What obstacles has Odysseus faced so far on his road of trials? Check all that apply.Lord Helios, the sun god, has killed Odysseus’s men for eating his cattle.His boat has crashed, and the crew is shipwrecked on the Isle of Man.The crew has been attacked by an army at Cicones.Zeus has sent a huge sea storm.Some of the men have eaten the lotus flower and had to be rescued.– Lord Helios, the sun god, has killed Odysseus’s men for eating his cattle.- The crew has been attacked by an army at Cicones.- Zeus has sent a huge sea storm.- Some of the men have eaten the lotus flower and had to be rescued.

Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and sea. The bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind. We saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief, until a third Dawn came with ringlets shining.-The Odyssey,HomerWhich stage of the hero’s journey is represented in this passage?- the call to adventure- the return home- the road of trials- the transformationthe road of trials

What does Odysseus do when his men eat the lotus plant that shows the epic hero characteristic of leadership?- He forces his men to leave and continue the journey home. – He sends his best men to investigate the island.- He comes up with a plan to defeat the lotus-eaters.- He instructs his men on how to avoid tasting the lotus.He forces his men to leave and continue the journey home.

So doom appeared to us, dark word of Zeus for us, our evil days. My men stood up and made a fight of it – backed on the ships, with lances kept in play, from bright morning through the blaze of noon so holding our beach, although so far outnumbered-The Odyssey,HomerWhich elements of epic poetry are demonstrated in this passage? Check all that apply.- repetition- an epic hero showing bravery in battle- an invocation of the muse- a difficult journey with trials- supernatural elements– an epic hero showing bravery in battle- a difficult journey with trials- supernatural elements

Six benches were left empty in every ship that evening when we pulled away from death. And this new grief we bore with us to sea: our precious lives we had, but not our friends.-The Odyssey,HomerWhich is the most effective paraphrase of the passage?- Six men from every ship were killed, leaving six empty benches.- We escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad. – There was no point grieving for our lost friends, so we pulled away from shore. – We had the additional burden of our grief when we sailed away.We escaped with our lives, but many of our friends did not, which made us very sad.

Explanation:

“We all pulled our soaked blankets tighter around our shoulders.”

“The lament spread from wagon to wagon.”

“It was contagious.”

“The death rattle of an entire convoy with the end approaching.

when alex falls for the charming new boy at school, cole -- a handsome, funny, sports star who adores her - she can't believe she's finally found her soul who truly loves and understands her.  

at first, alex is blissfully happy. sure, cole seems a little jealous of her relationship with her close friend zack, but what guy would want his girlfriend spending all her time with another boy? as the months pass, though, alex can no longer ignore cole's small put-downs, pinches, or increasingly violent threats.  

as alex struggles to come to terms with the sweet boyfriend she fell in love with and the boyfriend whose "love" she no longer recognizes, she is forced to choose -- between her "true love" and herself.

explanation:

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.