Read the excerpt from “Broken Chain.” Alfonso sat on the porch trying to push his crooked teeth to where he thought they belonged. He hated the way he looked. Last week he did fifty sit-ups a day, thinking that he would burn those already apparent ripples on his stomach to even deeper ripples.

Why does the author focus so much on Alfonso’s appearance?

to introduce the theme of wanting more
to suggest an image with vivid, strong verbs
to make a comparison using a simile
to create descriptive language using a metaphor

Read the paragraph. [1] this year, the linden high school debate team is bigger than ever. [2] neither the students nor the faculty advisor has much experience, but it’s a smart, capable, argumentative group! [3] we’ve tried to make a schedule that allows us to study, prepare, and scrimmage. [4] only one of us are able to practice on thursdays or fridays, which can be inconvenient. [5] even so, we feel prepared and excited for this year’s tournaments. [6] our first debate is on october 10th, and we are excited that it is so soon. which two sentences have subject-verb agreement errors? sentence 2 and sentence 4 sentence 2 and sentence 1 sentence 3 and sentence 5 sentence 4 and sentence 6

In this excerpt, the characters describe the nature of

Making a story about a myfwa(wolf and human) this is what i have is it good? my name is sylvia stone its been years since bunny's trusted us wolves and its stupid how this on bunny sellina bully's me only because i threatend to eat her years before we trusted each so mabey u might say she deserves revange is say i kill her once we start war harsh? ? if it is i dint give a single heck about it.plz tell me what to fix and u can edit it if u would like the pic is what i want her to look like i didn't want to show her face yet.