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Singing the Blues Elizabeth Kibler 2During her youth, Billie's mother moved to New York, leaving her daughter with relatives. Billie tried to stand on her own two feet by doing odd jobs for money. Later, she moved to Harlem with her mother. There, Billie tried to find more work. Around 1930, she decided to change her name from Eleanora to Billie after the film star Billie Dove. She wanted to find a job as a dancer, but when she found no openings, she auditioned to be a singer. After getting her first singing job, Billie sang occasionally in clubs around Harlem. One evening a talent scout named John Hammond attended a performance and heard Billie sing; he instantly knew he had found a star. 1) As it is used in the text what does the word auditioned means

Explanation: Auditioned means tried out. That Billie wanted to try out to be dancer gives a clue to the meaning of auditioned. .

4With time and the release of more recordings, Billie became more commonly known. She recorded with Count Basie and Artie Saw in the late 1930s. A number of Billie's songs became famous even outside the world of jazz, and she began to break out from her genre. In 1939, Billie recorded one of her most famous songs, "Strange Fruit." This lamentable and soulful single was about acts of racism in the South. Billie's music touched many people. After the release of "Strange Fruit," Billie became more famous and sang all around New York. During the early 1950s, Holiday continued recording and did a successful tour of Europe. In paragraph 4, the word lamentable means

Explanation: Lamentable means sorrowful. Billie probably felt sad and sorrowful while singing Strange Fruit.

Excerpt from The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett to know how to read books she would never have learned her letters at all. Read the passage underlined (8). There may be a mistake in punctuation, capitalization, or spelling. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that corrects the mistake. If there is no mistake, choose 'Correct as is.' A) Correct as is. B) to know how to read, books she would never have learned C) to know how to read books, she would never have learned D) to know, how to read books she would never have learned

Explanation: To know how to read books, she would never have learned is the correct answer because the sentence begins with a dependent clause, so a comma is needed between the dependent and independent clauses.

Biomass is defined as the energy that comes from living organisms as well as the waste from these organisms. Leftover cooking oil is an example of biomass. The cuttings from freshly chopped grass is another example. Originally thought of as only useful as fertilizer, cow manure is an example of a type of biomass that has multiple uses today. What is unique about biomass is its ability to be used as fuel which relieves human dependence on fossil fuels and provides a creative way to recycle garbage. Which detail most strongly supports the idea that biomass can provide a way to preserve our natural resources.

It has the ability to relieve human dependence on fossil fuels.

nging the Blues Elizabeth Kibler 2During her youth, Billie's mother moved to New York, leaving her daughter with relatives. Billie tried to stand on her own two feet by doing odd jobs for money. Later, she moved to Harlem with her mother. There, Billie tried to find more work. Around 1930, she decided to change her name from Eleanora to Billie after the film star Billie Dove. She wanted to find a job as a dancer, but when she found no openings, she auditioned to be a singer. After getting her first singing job, Billie sang occasionally in clubs around Harlem. One evening a talent scout named John Hammond attended a performance and heard Billie sing; he instantly knew he had found a star. In paragraph 2, the idiom stand on her own two feet means

She can stand on her own

What is the author's claim in the following statement: Many students today read information online. They use the Internet as their main reference source for all kinds of facts and background in history, science, contemporary international issues, and other important topics. Less often they use online sources to read narratives. Narrative writing offers insight into human behavior and into issues that each of us face in our daily lives. Readers learn from characters and their triumphs over obstacles. The Internet has many online magazines and other sources for narratives, including complete novels. These sources for narrative writing are worth exploring.

Students should find narratives online and read them

Energy is released from biomass when it is heated or gas is extracted from it. After this process is complete, the energy from it can be converted into useable fuel. An example of this process is what occurs on some farms. The waste from farm animals is collected and placed into a covered bin. As a natural process, methane gas is emitted. Using special machinery, the gas is harvested and converted into useable fuel. A growing number of farms use this fuel instead of energy from electric companies. The methane can then be used to heat stoves, furnaces, or other household appliances resulting in less natural resources being used and as a natural method of reusing waste. Excess methane can also be sold by farmers to utility companies. What is the text structure? a. The author utilized a description text structure to assist the reader with understanding more about biomass. b. The author utilized a problem and solution text structure to express problems with fuel and provide a solution. c. The author utilized a cause and effect structure to explain the causes and effects of alternative fuels in the U.S.A.

a

Biomass is defined as the energy that comes from living organisms as well as the waste from these organisms. Leftover cooking oil is an example of biomass. The cuttings from freshly chopped grass is another example. Originally thought of as only useful as fertilizer, cow manure is an example of a type of biomass that has multiple uses today. What is unique about biomass is its ability to be used as fuel which relieves human dependence on fossil fuels and provides a creative way to recycle garbage. Which statement best summarizes the central idea? a. Cooking byproducts can be used as fuel today. b. Waste from human consumption is biomass. c. Biomass comes from living things and has many uses

c.