The earliest known villages in ancient egypt date back over 5,000 years. these villages became part of two kingdoms. one of these kingdoms controlled the villages on the nile delta. the other controlled the villages south of the delta. the delta area was known as lower egypt. the southern region was known as upper egypt.
egyptian civilization began about 3100 b. c. king menes, a king from upper egypt, conquered lower egypt. he then united the country and formed the world's first national government. king menes founded memphis as the capital. (this is near present-day cairo).
king menes also created the first egyptian dynasty. a dynasty is a series of rulers in the same family. over 30 dynasties ruled ancient egypt. the first two dynasties ruled for about 400 years. during this period the egyptians developed irrigation systems, plows, and a system of writing. the years of the third and fourth dynasties were known as the old kingdom, or the pyramid age. as the name suggests, this period was best known for the building of the great pyramids. by the time of the fifth dynasty, the king's power began to weaken. high priests and government officials fought for power. most of the next five dynasties had weak rulers.

which of the following lines best summarizes this passage?

a the 5,000 year history of ancient egypt can be traced from early villages to kingdoms to dynasties.

b the crowning achievement of ancient egypt was the great pyramids, which were built during the pyramid age.

c king menes, the first king of egypt, created the system of dynasties that lasted for many years.

d ancient egypt began 5,000 years ago, when early villages became kingdoms.

mailman is the most possessive answee

a: it is sound because it cites an expert’s opinion.

1. an introductory word, phrase, or clause which is missing the word(s) it is supposed to modify- dangling modifier

words, clauses or phrases which add description is known as a modifier. a modifier is found before or after the target words that they want to describe.

for example: happily, she ran towards her father.

herein, happily precedes 'she', its target.

whereas, when an author forgets to mention the target and includes the modifier thus it is known as a dangling modifier, wherein modifier has nothing to describe. these are the errors which confuse the reader.

2. a noun or pronoun's function within a sentence- elliptical clause

it is a clause in which words are being left out. on the other hand, the missing word is understood due to the logic or pattern of the sentence.

for example:

she had five apples;   kanishk, three.

herein the verb 'had' is missing which is otherwise understood.

3. to quickly run: split infinitive

it refers to the construction of the sentence in which infinitive consists with the word or an adverb between to and verb.

for example, he used to secretly ate those apples.

4. a clause with either an implied subject or verb: elliptical clause

5. a word that joins words or phrases of the same grammatical type: coordinating conjunctions are the words which connect clauses and phrases. there are seven coordinating conjunctions that are, yet, so, or, for, and, nor, and but.

for example:

the boy refused to complete the homework nor will he take the punishment.

'and' is the coordinating conjunction.

7. pronoun with no specific antecedent: indefinite pronouns are the pronouns which do not refer to anyone specifically.

for example several, nobody, some and so forth.

8. a pair of words like either/or: correlative conjunctions

these are the pairs of conjunctions used in a sentence to join elements together. these are, , not also, and so forth.

9. masculine and feminine forms: gender

gender refers to the cultural, psychological and behavioral traits that are associated with a particular sex.