Question

Help please. This replies on my segment if i pass or not !! I fan and medal :))

Answer 1

Read the passage below.
You will respond by writing an informational response paragraph.
You will find specific writing directions below the passage.


GOLD IN THE SKY
By Alan E. Nourse

Chapter 1. Trouble Times Two

The sun was glowing dull red as it slipped down behind the curving horizon of Mars, but Gregory Hunter was not able to see it.

There was no viewscreen in the ship's cabin; it was too tiny for that. Greg twisted around in the wingspanpit that had been built just big enough to hold him, and shifted his long legs against the brace-webbing, trying to get them comfortable.

He knew he was afraid ... but nobody else knew that, not even the captain waiting at the control board on the satellite, and in spite of the fear Greg Hunter would not have traded places at this moment with anyone else in the universe.

He had worked too hard and waited too long for this moment.

He heard the count-down monitor clicking in his ears, and his hands clenched into fists. How far from Mars would he be 10 minutes from now? He didn't know. Farther than any man had ever traveled before in the space of 10 minutes, he knew, and faster. How far and how fast would depend on him alone.

"All set, Greg?" It was the captain's voice in the earphones.

"All set, Captain."

"You understand the program?"

Greg nodded. "24 hours out, 24 hours back, 90 degrees to the ecliptic1, and all the acceleration2 I can stand both ways."

Greg grinned to himself. He thought of the months of conditioning he had gone through to prepare for this run ... the hours in the centrifuge to build up his tolerance to acceleration, the careful diet, the rigorous hours of physical conditioning. It was only one experiment, one tiny step in the work that could someday give men the stars, but to Gregory Hunter at this moment it was everything.

"Good luck, then." The captain cut off, and the blastoff buzzer sounded.

He was off. His heart hammered in his throat, and his eyes ached fiercely, but he paid no attention. His finger crept to the air-speed indicator, then to the cut-off switch. When the pressure became too great, when he began to black out, he would press it.

But not yet. It was speed they wanted; they had to know how much acceleration a man could take for how long and still survive, and now it was up to him to show them.

Fleetingly, he thought of Tom ... poor old stick-in-the-mud Tom, working away in his grubby little Mars-bound laboratory, watching bacteria grow. Tom could never have qualified for a job like this. Tom couldn't even go into free-fall for 10 minutes without getting sick all over the place. Greg felt a surge of pity for his brother, and then a twinge of malicious anticipation. Wait until Tom heard the reports on this run! It was all right to spend your time poking around with bottles and test tubes if you couldn't do anything else, but it took something special to pilot an XP ship for Project Star-Jump. And after this run was over, even Tom would have to admit it....

There was a lurch, and quite suddenly the enormous pressure was gone.

Something was wrong. He hadn't pushed the cut-off button, yet the ship's engines were suddenly silent. He jabbed at the power switch. Nothing happened. Then the side-jets sputted, and he was slammed sideways into the cot.

He snapped on the radio speaker. "Control ... can you hear me? Something's gone wrong out here...."

1The great circle that is the apparent path of the Sun.

2The process of moving faster or happening more quickly.

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Now that you have read the passage, you will write an informational response paragraph to answer the following question:

What details from the story help create the character of Greg Hunter?

Read the directions carefully so you know what to include in your essay.
Begin your paragraph by rephrasing the question into a topic sentence. Be sure to include the title and the author.
Include 3 or more specific examples, details, or quotes from the passage to support your answers to the prompt.
End with a conclusion sentence to wrap up your ideas.
Proofread your work before submitting.

Answer 2

I already put this "The story "GOLD IN THE SKY"
By Alan E. Nourse created the character Greg Hunter because"

Answer 3

@rockinhood

Answer 4

@Hayhayz

Answer 5

@Deadly_Roses

Answer 6

I don't know how to word this exactly....but I think the best way to do it would be to cover:

who wrote it:

when:

why:

and the meaning of the story:

then find a few parts in the story to prove what you said in the passage you wrote....I would write it out but I'm on my phone and can't type well ..

Answer 7

oh okay. well thank you it helped alot . and when you say (wehn) does it mean when the author wrote it ?

Answer 8

@Deadly_Roses

Answer 9

yeah that's optional though...like you could write it: (authors name) wrote the book gold in the sky, in (year written).

Answer 10

oh okay

Answer 11

im still confused on when because it doesnt tell me

Answer 12

@Deadly_Roses

Answer 13

@aliyahbufford1239442

Answer 14

in that case you can skip when and continue with the rest...that's optional to include that...

Answer 15

and "Why" how will i know?

Answer 16

the why is for in your statement you said about how he made the character...you were explaining why....

Answer 17

i dont know im srry but i dont want to read that i have my own school not to be rude tho

Answer 18

ohhh ok so i just continue on what i was ng (Why they wrte about him) ?

Answer 19

nonfiction story ?

Answer 20

if so is he a legend ... do i say that?

Answer 21

yes you just continue from that, and then add in anything about the character you might want to include...then go and find some passages in the story to support what you wrote about the character...so just include why he is important, and why they created him...then tell some facts about him in the story...