Why does the author include information about the pilot, Thao, when the rescue team arrives on the scene? By providing information about the pilot, the author distracts readers from the impending resolution to the story.

By slowing down the pace, the author increases reader interest in the role the pilot will play in the rescue.

By slowing the pace here, the author builds the tension for readers about the rescue.

By describing details about the pilot, the author gives readers a much-needed break in the fast-paced action.

He shoots a basketball with either hand. identify the adverb phrase and the word it modifies

Which three parts of these excerpts reflect the idea that war affects not only the minds of the combatants but also their physical reactions?

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.