They had just started to cook dinner when their friends arrived at the door with some delicious take-out food.

which word is the adverb modifying a verb?

The correct answer is Just

Explanation:

In sentences, an adverb is a word that modifies or describes verbs in terms of time, frequency, place, mode, etc. This type of words can be recognized because some of them end in "-ly" and also most of them are commonly placed near to the verb. In the sentence "They had just started to cook dinner when their friends arrived at the door with some delicious take-out food", the word that acts as an adverb is "just" as this defines or modifies the main verb "had started to cook" by showing time; also, although this adverb does not end in "-ly" is placed as part of the verb it modifies.

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

b. brooks wrote about the same type of neighborhood in which she grew up.