The excerpts below is from about stating a debate club at a high school. Which of the choices best describes the figurative meaning of the phrase "sharpening their brains"?

Explain parallelism and how parallel structure is created in writing.

Which of the following is the second step in writing a research paper? A. ask an essential question B. develop a central idea C. gather information D. cite sources

What could be the consequences if one forgets the purpose of his/her life?

Read the poem "if we must die" by Claude McKay. Which best describes the speaker in this poem?

Definition: We often ___ sentences to remove unnecessary words.

Scout's first grade teacher

Think about the effect of the author's repetition of the words, "You ask" in the passage in the closing of the passage.

What prophecy worried cronos?

Based on the supporting details for Main Fact 1, which topic sentence would you expect to read? Texting is the leading cause of injury in teenagers. People who text while driving can cause accidents.

Which English idiom has the same meaning as the one undefined in this except? Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention "Maybe not. Maybe, just maybe, there's something they've missed that's important. With patience and calm.