The crowd leaned out the windows, hooting and hollering, until the lions awoke. To create a more negative connotation, the author could have replaced the word crowd with which of the following synonyms?

a. assembly

b. gathering

c. group

d. mob

2. Which sentence needs an apostrophe added to be correct? A. The neighborhood decided to do a massive cleanup for two days. B. The cookies on the stove smelled wonderful and delicious. C. Abrahams house was much bigger than it looked from outside.

Select 5 words from the animal farm v

Read the excerpt from Dwayne's letter to his principal about the school's uniform policy. I believe that high school students have the ability to follow a dress code; therefore, making us wear uniforms is ridiculous.

Timon is supposed to find a fictional text to compare with the nonfiction book about Italian artists that he read. Which text would best match this purpose?

Read the excerpt from "The Thing About Terry." Stars, I whisper She showed me one night Knew every constellation Said they made her heart light Which best conveys the meaning of the underlined line? Stars make Terry feel dizzy.

Read the passage from "The Crab That Played with the Sea." "'You are lazy,' said the Eldest Magician. 'So your children shall be lazy. They shall be the laziest people in the world.

Identify the plural form of the word in parentheses. The (bush) in front of the house desperately need to be trimmed. A. bushs B. bushes

1. simile the use of human characteristics to describe ideas or inanimate objects 2. oxymoron repetition of a word or phrase at the start of a series of clauses 3. anaphora an indirect comparison between two things using "like" or "as" 4.

How does NACA become NASA? Why is the change deemed necessary?

Which of the following sentences is not punctuated correctly? A. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend. B. At first, I liked my piano lessons. C. The fog is rolling in, and visibility is decreasing. D.