Read the following sentence then choose the answer below that best identifies the sentence variation strategies used:

when trevor got about a foot away, johnny closed his eyes and prepared himself for the blow.

a. simple sentence and interruptor
b. compound sentence and rhetorical question (doubt it)
c. simple sentence and compound predicate
d. complex sentence and compound predicate

Which summarized story is most likely a myth?

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

Used for an event that has been completed before the present moment in time. simple past past perfect perfect progressive past perfect progressive