(1) to james, good form came above all else. (2) therefore, on being introduced to lady weathers, he bowed, took her hand, and kissed it lightly. (3) then, glancing upward at lady weathers's face, he saw a look of consternation. (4) blushing with embarassment, james noticed the morsel of green on the back of her hand. (5) gasping out awkward apologies, james excused himself and rushed to the restroom. (6) gazing into the mirror, he discovered bits of parsley on his front teeth. (7) frowning with disgust, james saw he had been made a fool of by an ineptly consumed canapé. (8) "well," he thought to himself, "tommorow is another day." (9) but, from that day, he realized that good form was best tempered by caution or, at least, a wiser choice of finger food. 11. which two sentences contain misspelled words?

Identify the following group of words as an incomplete or complete sentence. if the sentence is incomplete, identify the reason. dinosaurs have disappeared a. complete sentence b. incomplete sentence: no subject c. incomplete sentence: subordinate clause d. incomplete sentence: no verb

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Which generalization does the speaker make in the last stanza of to a louse? a) our main source of power comes from living blunder-free lives b) sometimes the best gifts come in the form of little creatures c) seeing ourselves as others see us would free us from blundering