Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in caps.
1. the sharp rock lacerated her side as she climbed the side of the cliff.
bruised
sliced
scratched
wounded
2. stoutly built, the building was unharmed during the storm.
boldly
easily
quickly
solidly
3. grateful, he the stranger profusely for his assistance.
abundantly
calmly
kindly
loudly

match the definitions
a. concerns; qualms
b. comforts and conveniences
c. desirable; longed for
d. prey; target
e. temperate; soothing
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4. quarry
5. scruples
6. balmy
7. coveted
8amenities

Why does the author introduce druse as lying in a “clump of laurel”? consider any symbolic or cultural meanings associated with this plant, and what significance it lends to this particular story. story "a horseman in the sky"

Read and key the following paragraph. 1"the final phase of franklin's public service is themost spectacular. 2after his return to america he waselected to the second continental congress and served withjefferson and john adams on the committee which drafted thedeclaration of independence. 3then, in 1776, he wasappointed one of the three commissioners to seek military andnaval assistance from france. 4for nearly ten years pariswas his center of operations, and, in large part because ofhis personal popularity, he secured the much-needed supportof france and spain and eventually negotiate thetreaty of paris (1783), by which england recognized americanindependence. 5when he returned to america in 1785 he wasold and ill, yet he found strength to serve as a delegate tothe constitutional convention, and to continue his work withmany humanitarian and scientific societies." type the key words for sentence's 2. 3. 4. 5.

What can you predict about the rest of the story? a) it will be about an eighteen-year-old girl. b) it will be about the aubignys falling in love. c) it will be about armand aubigny's father taking him to paris. d) it will be about the relationship between arman aubigny and the girl. e) it will be about an economic revolution led by aubigny.