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Common Core 8th Grade 1.4 Reading Literary Text. What does the word astonishment most likely mean in this sentence?
In this video, we'll learn about the relationship between Perseus and the Gorgons. Hopefully it's not complicated.
Common Core 8th Grade 4.3 Reading Literary Text. Which sentence best supports this inference?
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Common Core 8th Grade 4.5 Reading Literary Text. What does the use of dialogue show about the relationship between the Whale and the 'Stute Fish?
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Thank you We sneak in and here's your shmoop too
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sure brought to you by the stewed fish not to
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be mixed up with the ass stewed fish the smartest
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fish in all the land You might know him better
- 00:15
as you know the shmoop fish All right take a
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look at this excerpt from how the whale got his
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throat Here's today's Question What does the use of dialogue
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show about the relationship between the whale and the stewed
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fish And hear your potential Answer All right well let's
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take a look at a we do know that the
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stewed fish doesn't want to be eaten by the whale
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who would it's all dark and scary in there But
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even though this is true it's not the best description
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of the relationship between the two well howbout be well
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the well might get by with a little help from
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his friends but this stupid isn't one of them He
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straight up lying to save his own tail and well
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the whale is just thinking with his stomach anyway so
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this is the best characterization of their relationship so onto
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d sorry to break it to you whale But the
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stewed fish did not feel bad for you He was
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just trying to avoid being your dinner That leaves us
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with c a whale is hungry and the studio is
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trying to convince bruce that a mariner is a much
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more tasty meal for a whale answer See best shows
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this so that's our answer Yes that little student was 00:01:16.076 --> [endTime] pretty clever after all no
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