Which best explains the organizational strategy used in "Striving for the Gold"?
A.
It explains the causes and effects of asthma.
B.
It tells the life story of Tom Dolan in chronological order.
C.
It compares and contrasts the different lives of athletes with asthma.
D.
It creates an argument that people who have asthma are just as athletic as those who do not.
here's the story:
Source 1: Striving for the Gold
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If you're ever sitting in an Italian restaurant and notice a very tall, lean, young man gorging on spaghetti and chicken parmesan, you could be watching an Olympic champion and not even know it. Eating Italian food is one way that swimmer Tom Dolan gears up for a big race—along with making sure his inhaler is full. Tom has a case of asthma that might prevent some people from walking down the street, but he has won two gold medals and has broken a world record.
2
Tom Dolan started swimming at age five, simply to prove that he could out-swim his older sister. He has always been highly competitive; when he was a child, his dad could always get him to drink an extra glass of milk by filling two glasses and challenging Tom to a race. At the age of eleven, he broke his arm and his mother told him to stop swimming until the cast was off. Instead, Tom covered the cast with a foam casing and kept on swimming.
3
When Tom was twelve, he was running on the playground and suddenly felt like he could not breathe. He did not tell his parents until it happened a second time. They took him straight to the doctor, who diagnosed him with allergies and asthma. Tom was allergic to dust, mold, and pollen. Worst of all for a swimmer, he was sensitive to chlorine!
4
Tom's asthma did not stop him from becoming a competitive swimmer in college though, nor did the fact that he was also diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. This meant that his asthma would get worse as he worked out more intensely. Another doctor said he also had a condition called tracheal stenosis, a narrow windpipe. Due to the tracheal stenosis and asthma, Tom could only take in about 10% as much oxygen as his competitors.
5
Despite his medical conditions, Tom continued to swim. His best event was the 400–meter Individual Medley (IM), which consists of 100 meters each of four different strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. Sometimes Tom blacked out during practice, but never during a race. Even a collapse and subsequent hospitalization in Hawaii during his sophomore year in college did not stop Tom. He had his eye on the Olympics.
6
The Olympics in Atlanta in 1996 presented Tom with a special challenge. The heat and humidity created sticky, heavy air that made it more difficult than usual for him to breathe. Going into the last 50 meters of the 400–meter IM, Tom was 3/100ths of a second behind his toughest competition, Eric Namesnik, another American swimmer. Tom pushed himself to the limit, beating Eric by 35/100ths of a second and setting a world record for the event. He went on to win his second gold medal in the same event in Sydney in 2000.
7
Tom believes that he is a great swimmer because of, not in spite of, his medical problems. He feels that his asthma taught him how to overcome adversity. As he says, he feels like he is one step ahead, because "I know that my body has gone through more stress and strain than anyone else in the pool." And, quite possibly, more Italian food.
Answer:
i think it's B but i don't know
Explanation:
Define true happiness.
Answer :-
True Happiness is Enjoying Your Own Company & Living in Peace And Harmony With Your Body , Mind And Soul. To Be Truly Happy , You Don't Need Other People Or Material Things. Happiness is The Consequence Of Personal Effort And Living A Life Of Purpose.
Explanation :-
To Be Honest , Mate , Just Get Some Fresh Air & Try To Smile About The Little Things in Life. Why Are You Even Posting Soul - Searching Questions On This Site ?
Which sentence contains an example of verbal irony? (1 point)
A. When I stepped outside, the cold air hit me like a ton of bricks—I quickly jumped back inside.
B. "I guess this is going to be a group effort," Han said, looking at the full sign-up sheet.
C. "Would you give me a hand moving these boxes upstairs?" Dad asked politely.
D. Seeing the untouched bowls of chili, the chef laughed. "One of my biggest hits!"
Answer:
Seeing the untouched bowls of chili, the chef laughed. "One of my biggest hits!" (Option D.)
Explanation:
I apologize, I got verbal irony mixed up.
Verbal Irony is when a figure of speech is meant the exact opposite, for example, Sarcasm.
Hope I helped. :)
BRAINLIEST! 50 point. Please only answer if you sure. I only have one try left :( PLEASE HELP. Pic included...
Answer:
although A and B i Think B is the correct answer.
Explanation:
Because employers like people that knows what they are doing even if the client or customer doesnt approve of it. And also employers like productiveness.
Answer:
A: Dealing with workers who know what they're talking about is more satisfying for clients.
I ACCIDENTALLY PROCRASTINATED!!! HELP!!!! (2)
3 articles that represent 3 main ideas presented throughout the novel. These articles need a bold title as the headline which you create on your own to match the information you write about in your article. Each article needs to be 3 or more paragraphs long and each paragraph needs to be 8 or more sentences long. Choose a main event that happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the novel to write your three newspaper articles.
What was the main event that happened in the middle of the book?
Answer:
i dont know the answer but i need points.
Explanation:
this was 5 days ago so i hope you got your answer lol
Choose the item that best describes the following statement. The new teacher spoke in short, crisp sentences but her big brown eyes looked as soft as velvet. Sometimes, when she thought no one was looking, I saw her smiling at us.
A) They were not informed the change in schedule.
B) I am pleased to inform you that your application has been accepted.
C) I’m thrilled that you’ll be stopping by next week.
D) Yoko and Matsui were rushing around to get ready for the big day!
Answer:
C)
Explanation:
That is what i would say
Compare the nymph to the modern Filipina. Do they share the same attitude about love and relationships? Explain your answer.
photosynthesis is a very successful person
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
At the beginning of Chapter 2 when Agatha Christie describes Poirot to have "tried to look modest but failed," she meant that he is a boastful man who finds it important to let others know his accomplishments.
(A) True
(B) False
What is the central idea/Objective Summary of this text:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Public Schools has settled a lawsuit with a family over hair. The federal civil rights complaint filed last July claimed the student faced racial discrimination at her public middle school when she was disciplined for having “subtle streaks of purple running through her braided hair.”
The suit also accused APS of a history of bias against Black students when it comes to disciplinary measures. In 2019, a 13-year-old Black student was disciplined at school for having streaks of purple in her hair. Staff at Cleveland Middle School say it was distracting and a violation of the dress code. She was placed into in-school suspension.
“It’s a big part of our identity as people of color to wear our braids to wear our locs. It’s just a part of who we are so when you’re stripping that of us it’s just again unnecessary, dehumanizing,” said Erica Davis-Crump with the New Mexico Black Central Organizing Committee.
Elizabeth Roland, the mother of the Cleveland Middle School student, took APS to court for race-based discrimination and negligent supervision. According to court documents, other non-Black students had streaks of color in their hair but were not disciplined. The state of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque signed into law prohibiting discrimination based on race-based hairstyles.
The Crown Act ensures statutory protection for hair texture and styles such as headdresses, braids, locs, twists, and knots in the workplace and public schools. Making this in-school suspension illegal. “I can’t speak for APS but I can speak for the city of Albuquerque and the community in saying that the fact that these issues continue to happen reminds us that education is necessary regarding the history and the backdrop of these actions,” said Torri Jacobus, managing assistant city attorney.
A spokesperson for APS says they cannot comment on if any employee disciplinary actions have been taken. The case settled this month but is waiting for a federal judge to officially sign off on it.
APS and the family’s attorney say they cannot say the amount of the agreed-upon settlement until the case is officially closed. The family has a lawsuit in state court against APS because they say the school district failed to hand over documents that fall under the Inspection of Public Records. That case is expected to go to trial in April.
Discuss ways myths were important to the ancient Greeks and why myths are still relevant today. Cite evidence from the text to support your ideas by using R.A.C.E.S. WILL NAME BRANLIEST!! PLS NEED BY TMR!! Thx :). HERE'S THE LINK FOR THE TEXT \I/
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Part A What is a theme developed in "A Whole New World"?
Curiosity can lead to new discoveries.
Persistence is key in parenting.
Nature holds important keys to the past.
Old items no longer have value.
Question 2 Part B Which quotation from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?
"This camera did, well…nothing."
"What else had she never noticed before?"
"She remembered her science teacher talking about the presence of lichen as a sign that the air is clean."
"But most of her pictures were of Tanisha and whomever she was hanging out with that day."
Read the excerpts.
From A Daring and Dastardly Deed:
Act 1, Scene 2:
Hannah and her mother are at the supermarket. They are waiting in line for a cashier. Hannah's mother has a shopping cart full of groceries.
HANNAH: (Very excited): The thing about Sherlock Holmes, Mom, is that he sees things that other people don't. He uses his powers of observation and deduction to solve crimes. He has incredible knowledge of crimes and villains and the many dastardly deeds they engage in to break the law. He uses his wit and courage, too.
HANNAH'S MOTHER: (Partly distracted, answering while choosing a checkout line to stand in) Dastardly deeds? That's an interesting phrase. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. In fact, you seem happy as a dog with two tails at the moment.
HANNAH: (Feeling thoughtful and confident) Well, maybe that's because I've decided that I'm going to be an investigator.
From The Mystery of the Shiny Paper:
Hannah started to think about Holmes' many skills and character traits. The skills he relied on most of all were observation and deduction. Sherlock Holmes paid a lot of attention to detail and would often notice things that other people missed. Hannah decided that this was where she would start on her road to becoming a detective—observing others and attempting to deduce information from her observations. She spent the rest of the walk back to her house observing others and trying to come up with detective-like deductions.
A few days later, she was at the supermarket with her mother, still trying to hone her investigative skills by observing others, when she thought to herself: This is hopeless. I don't have any chance of solving a mystery! She felt a bit down on the way home and her mom asked her twice if she was feeling okay. "I'm okay, Mom," was all she said.
What are the differences in the way Hannah's thoughts, feelings, and actions are shown in the play A Daring and Dastardly Deed and the story The Mystery of the Shiny Paper? Use complete sentences and evidence from the texts to answer the question.
Answer:it will be not liveng fact
Explanation:
4, 6, 2, it right
(1) The airplane rises higher and higher. (2) Then after a few minutes go by the cars look smaller than ants.
What change should be made in sentence 2?
Select one:
Change go to gone
Add a comma after by
Change ant to aunts
Add a comma after Then
Answer:
Add a comma after Then
Explanation:
Correct Grammar punctuation
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which option is the least likely purpose for an informational text?
A. to summarize a process
B. to explain how to do something
C. to tell a funny story
D. to describe a place
Answer:
C to tell a funny story
Explanation:
informational text is mainly used for information about the natural or social world
it does not utilize fictional characters
Answer:C
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Explanation:
Ok, this isn't anything related to school, but I want to write a short story for:
Horror
fantasy
fiction
Can you give me some Ideas? No links!
Answer:
maybe a zombie princess/ prince
Explanation:
im not good at stories so its not much
Answer:
Explanation:
It could be more ancient, and the magic has been forbidden on that time, and the magic could be like in the shadows like no one would know it exist except some people, and maybe somehow the character got involve in to all that.
hope it helps, and good luck with your story!
Help Me Please.
What Happened before the Iliad wordsearch.
Answer:
I can't find time as well, sorry.
Explanation:
The Iliad is a world famous poem written about the exploits of war, the Greek society and the intervention of gods in the lives of humans.
What is The Iliad?This refers to the epic poem which was written by Homer about the battle of Troy and more specifically the exploits of King Odysseus of Ithaca as he made his way home from Troy.
This epic poem showed supernatural events such as intervention of gods, the use of monsters, like Cyclops and witches and sorceresses like Circe as Odysseus battled his way home.
Read more about The Iliad here:
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If you had to describe what's a phone to someone that's still in the 1990 generation, how would you define it?
Which replacement corrects the spelling error in this sentence? My little sister wants to work in television news when she grows up. because she says its a way to affect people's lives. O A. My little sister wants to work in television news when she grows up, because she says its' a way to affect people's lives. O B. My little sister wants to work in television news when she geys up, because she says its a way to effect people's lives. O C. My little sister wants to work in television news when she grows up, because she says its a way too affect people's lives. O D. My little sister wants to work in television news when she grows un hecause she says it's
Answer:
The answer is C
Explanation:
(1) If you have waited two hours and you have not seen the parents of the bird, (2) It's time to rescue it.
What is the BEST way to combine sentence (1) and (2)?
Select one:
It's time to rescue it, after two hours if the parents of the bird aren't there yet.
If you have waited two hours and you have not seen the parents of the bird, it's time to rescue it.
If you have waited two hours and you have not seen the parents, of the bird, it's time to rescue it.
If you have not seen the parents, and it's been two hours, and it's time to rescue it
Answer:
If you have waited two hours and you have not seen the parents of the bird, it's time to rescue it.
It's the second one.
Trust me, its the one that follows the grammar rules
WILL CHOOSE BRAINLIEST!!!!!!!!
Answer:
A and C i took that class last year
Which example best shows rhetoric in action? PLEASE HELP AND HURRY
A. A pamphlet that gives directions on how to test a smoke detector
B. A website that tries to get users to download a new video game
C. A TV show about a detective who uses magic to solve mysteries
D. A video about how to unclog the drain in a standard bathtub
Answer:
D
Explanation:
Hope this helps
Which statement describes an advantage of nonrenewable resources?
They produce clean energy.
They replenish quickly.
They are safe for the environment.
They are currently found in abundance.
Answer:
D they are currently found in abundance.
Explanation:
The statement that describes the advantage of a non-renewable energy source is that they are currently found in abundance.
How did Geoffrey Chaucer's poems turn valentines day into a romantic holiday?
How did Bard know where the weak spot was in the dragon's armor?
Question 2 options:
The thrush told him
Bilbo told him
Thorin told him
He guessed
Answer:
The thrush told him
Explanation:
The thrush is speaking. This is the culmination of Bilbo's recollection in a previous chapter. The thrush notifies bard of Smaug's weakness, thus helping him take down Smaug.
Who is ella baker help i need a little more we present in 20 mins
Answer:
Ella Josephine Baker was an African-American civil and human rights activist. She worked alongside some of the most noted civil rights leaders of the 20th century, including W. E. B.
A Good Day for a Bad Decision
Have you ever noticed that some people always seem to make the right choices? They may be the person who always picks the right pitch to swing at or the one who always picks the pair of shoes that quickly become a popular fad. On the other hand, some people never seem to make a good decision. They may be the kids who ride a bike down a steep hill and crash into a bush or the ones who step to the edge of a sidewalk in time to get splashed by a car. How do some always seem to be living the good life while others seem doomed to misery? Is this just a matter of luck?
While luck probably has something to do with it, the better explanation may be that the two groups have differences in the development of their brains. You see, most adult humans use their cerebral cortex to make decisions. The cerebral cortex is the part of the brain in the front of your head that deals with how you perceive the world and respond appropriately. It also helps you control your impulses. This part of the brain is still growing and developing connections well into your adult years. So for young adults and teenagers, the decision-making center of the brain is not completely formed yet.
At the same time, the teenage brain is also experiencing growth in another part of the brain—the amygdala (a-mig-dala). This part of the brain is responsible for emotions. Specifically, the amygdala talks to other parts of the brain about events related to rewards and fear.
In essence, our emotional brains are having growing spurts and our impulses are out of control at the same time our cerebral cortexes are not finished growing. We simply don't have the tools to control those emotions and impulses. As a result, teenagers feel overly emotional and wishy-washy when it comes to decisions. This development cycle is one reason society doesn't consider children to be adults until after they are 18. Biologically, the teenage brain is not generally ready for adult decisions.
So the differences between those who seem to make good decisions and those who seem to make bad ones may be fewer than you think. In fact, if you study the people you think make only good decisions, you will likely find they also make some catastrophically bad ones as well. A person's ability to make a good decision increases with age and experience though we all develop at different rates. While you are young, you may want to take advantage of those around you with bigger cerebral cortexes: adults. Their advice may be just what is needed to counter your amygdala.
Which line from the text most clearly explains why it is hard for teenagers to control their emotions?
a
You see, most adult humans use their cerebral cortex to make decisions
b
This part of the brain is still growing and developing connections well into your adult years
c
Our emotional brains are having growth spurts and our impulses are out of control
d
A person's ability to make a good decision increases with age and experience
Answer:
B
Explanation:
As a teenager, you slowly start to become an adult which means making your own decisions, whether they are good, or bad
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Answer: I am almost positive answers a and b
Explanation: those make the most sense
Please answer ASAP!!
I need to write a 150 or 200 words prompt for a project, the topic is about arguing about this tradition called bar/bat mitzvah. Please give me full sentences and arguing a problem about the tradition.
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Answer:
Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies mark the transition into adulthood for young Jews. At age 13 a boy becomes Bar Mitzvah and at age 13 a girl becomes a Bat Mitzvah. Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies are significant because they are seen as the time of coming of age when a child becomes an adult. A Bar or Bat Mitzvah is a coming-of-age ceremony for Jewish boys and girls when they reach the age of 12 or 13. This ceremony marks the time when a boy or girl becomes a Jewish adult. This means that they are now responsible for their own actions and can decide for themselves how they would like to practice Judaism. bar mitzvah, also spelled bar mitzvah or mitzvah (Hebrew: “son of the commandment”), plural bar mitzvahs, bar mitzvot, or bar mitzvot, Jewish religious ritual and family celebration commemorating the religious adulthood of a boy on his 13th birthday. Bar ( בַּר) is a Jewish Babylonian Aramaic word meaning "son" ( בֵּן, ben in Hebrew), while bat ( בַּת) means "daughter" in Hebrew, and mitzvah ( מִצְוָה) means "commandment" or "law" (plural: mitzvot). Thus bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah literally translate to "son of commandment" and "daughter of commandment".
Explanation:
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Answer:
thermal homes
Explanation:
it has something to do with heat
Answer:
lar thermal energy can be used for such applications as, space heating, air conditioning, hot water, industrial process heat, drying, distillation and desalination, and electrical power. Hope this helps!!
Explanation:
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Which of the following shows correct MLA documentation for a book called The Great Fire, written by Jim Murphy, published in New York in 2006 by Scholastic Paperbacks?
"The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy. New York: 206, Scholastic Paperbacks. Print.
"The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy. Scholastic Paperbacks, New York: 2006, Print.
The Great Fire, Murphy, Jim. Scholastic Paperbacks: 2006, New York, Print.
2006, Print. The Great Fire. Murphy, Jim. Scholastic Paperbacks, New York.
Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire. New York: Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006. Print.
Answer:
"The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy. Scholastic Paperbacks, New York: 2006, Print.
Explanation:
I hope this helps!