Give three reasons for concluding that life was more stressful when your grandparents were young adults than it is now.

Then, give three reasons for concluding that, on the contrary, life is more stressful today.

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The only white people who came to our house were welfare workers and bill collectors qoutes

What is a metaphor (in your own words and I'm checking) ?

There are sixty cups on a table. If one falls down, then how many remain?

What does Stephen King, in "On Writing", think the basic unit of writing is?

Which phrase from Stalin's speech is most clearly inflammatory? A. self-sacrificingly disputing B. panic-mongers and rumor-mongers C. abandon all heedlessness D. demolition of the enemy

Match the character to the role he or she played. said to be the most beautiful 1. Eris woman in all the land threw an apple of discord when she 2. Paris was angry gave Aphrodite the golden apple 3. Menelaus husband of Helen, calls the suitors 4.

And now," said the general, "I want to show you my new collection of heads. Will you come with me to the library?" "I hope," said Rainsford, "that you will excuse me tonight, General Zaroff. I'm really not feeling at all well.

Which extract from "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes uses sensory details to indirectly suggest an impression? A. "As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast" B. "He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon" C.

In star girls how lived in the house that was full of bones

Read this excerpt from Fever 1793. Grandfather banged his cane on the floor. "I didn't run from the redcoats, and I won't run from a dockside miasma.