PLZ HLP ASAP WILL GIVE 100PTS 1.
Read this paragraph from a student's essay.

Edgar Poe was born January 19, 1809, to traveling actors in Boston. By the time Poe was a toddler, his father had left the family, and his mother had died. Poe was sent to live with the wealthy Allan family in Richmond, Virginia. John Allan wanted Poe to become a businessman, but Poe had other plans. On the backs of business papers, Poe wrote poetry. When Poe was thirteen years old, he had already written enough poetry to publish a book. John Allan, however, didn’t support that idea.

Choose one of the bolded nouns, pronouns or noun phrases. Replace your choices with a noun phrase that provides more detail. These details do not need to factually accurate, they just need to be in the form of noun phrases.

2.Rewrite this sentence correctly, placing the commas in the correct spots.

Raul’s new car the color of a ripe tomato sat in the driveway.

3.Why do writers use verb and noun phrases?