English, 29.07.2019 08:30 riverviewfarm2133
Read the passage. excerpt from "marie curie and the discovery of radioactivity" by mara rockliff to the austrian mine owners who had sent the pitchblende ore, it was just dirt. after all, they had already taken out the valuable part—the metallic element called uranium—and dumped what was left over in a nearby pine forest. if a pair of eccentric french scientists wanted them to scoop up the worthless stuff and ship it, the mine owners were happy to oblige. but marie and pierre curie knew the secret of the dull brown ore. hidden deep within it was a new chemical element. no one, the curies included, had ever seen this element. still, the husband-and-wife team had given it a name: radium. and marie was determined to prove radium was real. it could be inferred that the word eccentric in the text means "odd." which context clue best confirm this meaning of the word eccentric? a. "scientists wanted them to scoop up the worthless stuff and ship it" b. "deep within it was a new chemical element" c. "after all, they had already taken out the valuable part…called uranium" d. "no one…had ever seen this element"
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English, 21.06.2019 17:30, Dontslack
Which sentence is written using formal language? a) erin has a crucial appointment early monday morning. b) that was a real bogus tale charlie told the teacher. c) let me have a sneak-peak or i am simply gonna explode. eliminate d) i do not think tim will be here today; he's playing hookie.
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English, 22.06.2019 03:00, Baseball4744
Mr. underwood's editorial defending tom robinson is surprising because he's described as not wanting to be near negroes it's a dangerous stance to take at that time he had been neutral during the trial he wasn't in the courtroom
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English, 22.06.2019 03:30, DEJAHHARRIS6055
You seal resign myself to you also i guess what you mean, i behold from the beach your crooked inviting fingers, i believe you refuse to go back without feeling of me, we must have a turn together, i undress, hurry me out of sight of the land, cushion me soft, rock me in billowy drowse, dash me with amorous wet, i can repay you. in this excerpt from "song of myself," which literary device does whitman use to address the sea? alliteration allusion apostrophe onomatopoeia
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