I’ve learned through my experiences as an athlete that being a leader isn’t only about what happens on game day. It’s about how you prepare and how you contribute to the team as a whole. As captain of the baseball team for the last three years, I know what it takes to lead by example. Arriving early, coming mentally and physically prepared, and continually working toward improvement are all important qualities for a leader and a team player. What does the writer hope to convey by talking about arriving early, coming mentally and physically prepared, and continually working toward improvement? Check all that apply.

The writer is a hard worker.
The writer needs more practice than others.
The writer can lead by example.
The writer is a contributing member of the team.
The writer does not have any other hobbies or interests.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. which phrase best describes the connotation of the word “reigns”? a sense of opportunity and growth a sense of fear and anxiety a sense of compassion and humanity a sense of oppression and domination

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Shauna has collected a variety of sources for her research about charlie chaplin’s impact on american cinema. in performing her preliminary evaluation of each source, shauna should-thoroughly review and examine the content.-perform a quick search to determine the author’s reliability.-check whether the author agrees with experts on the subject.-decide whether it will be useful in her final essay.