1. Lines 1-2: What does it mean to be "allied"? What might "allied with grew" suggest about the story’s theme? What evidence in lines 1-2 support this inference 2. Lines 15-17: How does the author use personification in these lines? How does this use of personification reveal the narrator’s feelings about plants

3. Lines 59-66: What examples in these lines reveal the narrative’s essential message? How do they reveal it?

4. Lines 69-71: What figurative expression is in these lines? What comparison is being made? How does this support the theme?

5. Line 98-105: Analyze line 105 and explain what the author means by "carry a bucket". How does this further reinforce the story’s moral/lesson?

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.