Which evidence best supports the claim that participating in a team sport improves students’ academic performance? a) some teachers at our school think that participating on a team is not always the best way to improve grades. b) advertising posters made by a sportswear company suggest that all athletes are exceptional students. c) a chart based on a long-term study illustrates the direct relationship between team membership and above-average grades. d) coach herbert has encouraged every student at wilson middle school to join the cross-country team this spring.

When comparing two sources it is 1) identify diction choices 2) use the same organizational strategy to aid comparison 3) examine both selections carefully 4) compare the voice of the authors asap

Read this passage from william faulkner's the sound and the fury: i says no i never had university advantages because at harvard they teach you how to go for a swim at night without knowing how to swim and at sewanee they dont even teach you what water is. i says you might send me to the state university; maybe i'll learn how to stop my clock with a nose spray and then you can send ben to the navy i says or to the cavalry anyway, they use geldings in the cavalry. which best describes the narrator's tone in this passage? a. bitter b. angry c. sarcastic d. all of the above

Read the poem. "there is no frigate like a book" (1263) by emily dickinson there is no frigate like a book to take us lands away, nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry-- this traverse may the poorest take without oppress of toll-- how frugal is the chariot that bears the human soul. what is the primary metaphor in this poem? question 1 options: the reading experience is compared to taking a journey. a ship is compared to a book. a horse is compared to a page. a chariot is compared to a soul.