Malik has been working with middle school students at a local youth shelter for the past two years. They have been doing things together on the weekends like going to baseball games, playing basketball at the park, and holding bowling tournaments. This weekend he is taking them to paint a mural downtown—most of the kids are not artists.Which statement best reflects where they are on the Team Clock?

As a team, they are in the Distancing phase because are deciding if they will stay for the project.
As a team, they are in the Innovation phase because they can try something new together.
As a team, they are in the Investment phase because they are setting up rules about painting.
As a team, they are in the Trust phase because they think they will do a great job painting the mural.

What are Junior, Talloi, and Beah doing when they learn that rebels have attacked their hometown?

Which plot element provides background information, introduces the main characters, and establishes the conflict?falling action

resolution

exposition

climax

I dont know on this one

In the following sentence, what is the antecedent of the pronoun "it"? "the class members chose Chicago to visit because it provides the best opportunity for education and entertainment "

Which excerpt from The Death of Ivan Ilych can be used as textual evidence to support a thesis statement on the theme of loneliness?There was no deceiving himself: something terrible, new, and more important than anything before in his life, was taking place within him of which he alone was aware. Those about him did not understand or would not understand it, but thought everything in the world was going on as usual.That tormented Ivan Ilych more than anything.
At the law courts too, Ivan Ilych noticed, or thought he noticed, a strange attitude towards himself. It sometimes seemed to him that people were watching him inquisitively as a man whose place might soon be vacant.
Then again, his friends would suddenly begin to chaff him in a friendly way about his low spirits, as if the awful, horrible, and unheard-of thing that was going on within him, incessantly gnawing at him and irresistibly drawing him away, was a very agreeable subject for jests.
Ivan Ilych settled down very pleasantly in this new town. The society there, which inclined towards opposition to the governor was friendly, his salary was larger, and he began to play *vint* [a form of bridge], which he found added not a little to the pleasure of life, for he had a capacity for cards, played good-humouredly, and calculated rapidly and astutely, so that he usually won.
Ivan Ilych was esteemed a good official, and after three years was made Assistant Public Prosecutor. His new duties, their importance, the possibility of indicting and imprisoning anyone he chose, the publicity his speeches received, and the success he had in all these things, made his work still more attractive.

What is the moral and political background of a character's environment called? plot characters conflict theme setting diction

Which is the best example of a character archetype?A. A nerd who's a genius at math, but is socially awkward
B. Bruce, a busy father who struggles to raise his son Sam
C. A circus clown who used to be a wealthy executive
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D. A parrot who only repeats statements that are true.