Questions 6–13: This section covered nine ways to begin a sentence. Use that information to fill in the following blanks. 6. The most common way to write a sentence is to start it with the . 7. To accent the main verb, you can start a sentence with a(n) . 8. To introduce important facts, some writers begin with a phrase. 9. A dependent clause often helps qualify an infinitive or participle. 10. Starting a sentence with a(n) helps create a vivid description. 11. Writers may choose to begin a sentence with a(n) or participle. 12. When a sentence begins with “to,” chances are the writer is choosing to start with a(n) . 13. The parenthetical phrase that starts a sentence is known as a(n) (two words).

Read the sentence. “yesterday we arrived late for the outdoor concert in the city gardens.” which words in the sentence are adverbs? a. late; city b. yesterday; outdoor c. yesterday; late d. outdoor; city

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator

What is the author purpose for including this portion of how to eat an live cream cone