Answer:
When someone is the first of something, they’re often called the “Jackie Robinson” of their field. Neil Armstrong was the “Jackie Robinson” of moonwalkers; Sandra Day O’Connor was the “Jackie Robinson” of female Supreme Court Justices; and Barack Obama is the “Jackie Robinson” of black U.S. presidents.
Explanation:
Equivocal words E. have more than one commonly accepted definition.
Equivocal means ambiguous - that means that a word can mean several different things at the same time. What that particular word is going to mean in a sentence or a text is going to depend on the context. Without the context, it will be difficult to decide what the actual meaning of that particular word is because it could mean so many things.
This question is missing the paragraph we must read to answer it. I've found it online, and it is as follows:
Levine and Kearney see the study as a clear lesson in the value of a (very cheap) mass-media complement to preschool. The potentially controversial implication they embrace from the study isn't about childhood education. It's about college, and the trend toward low-cost massive open online courses, or MOOCs.
Answer:
The word that gives the best definition for complete as it is used in paragraph 11 of "Study: Kids can learn as much from 'Sesame Street' as from preschool?" is:
B. to complete or make whole.
Explanation:
The verb "to complement" can refer to the action of completing something or to the action of enhancing something. After reading the paragraph, it is clear the author is talking of the possibility of completing education as we know it. Using mass media is a cheap way to give thousands of people access to education, complementing or completing what is already commonly offered. Having that in mind, the best option to answer this question is letter B. to complete or to make whole.
Answer:
In the 1830s, the philosophy of Transcendentalism arose in New England. Some of its most famous adherents, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, are still regarded as leading American thinkers today.
Explanation nothing
What this makes me think about is "listening to what others have to say is a way for me to be respectful about what their opinion or subject is about."
