Directions: identify each structure and show your work. 1. it was hot, so i decided to drive to the beach. 　 2. at this rate, we will be in school until july because of all of the snow days! 　 3. it is my final semester in high school, and i’m determined to know how to use commas. 　 4. i wanted new sneakers, which cost over two hundred dollars, so i babysat for two months to save up. 　 5. i hate that school starts so early. 　 6. i began college as a psychology major, but then i decided to change my major to english education. 　 　 7. even though it’s cold out, i still wear flip flops outside, and my toes freeze. 　 8. it costs more for electric in the winter than it does in the summer. 　 9. when writers use detail, it the reader to illustrate the scene in his head. 　 10. sara and i both wore pink to the prom, which was aggravating, but we still had a good time.

Which situation might occur in a conflict of character versus nature? a. a society disapproves of a character’s behavior. b. a character suffers from a serious illness and eventually dies. c. two characters argue over a difference of opinion. d. a character is unable to decide on his opinion of another character.

What experience makes wind-wolf want to stop attending school?

Historical fiction is concerned with depicting historical figures and events in a new light. in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest," which two sentences most clearly describe historical elements? policles sprang readily to his feet at the challenge, and the great company making way for him to pass, he found himself a minute later standing in his unkempt garb, with his frayed and weather-beaten harp in his hand, before the expectant crowd. he stood for a moment tightening a string here and slackening another there until his chords rang true. then, amid a murmur of laughter and jeers from the roman benches immediately before him, he began to sing. he had prepared no composition, but he had trained himself to improvise, singing out of his heart for the joy of the music. he told of the land of elis, beloved of jupiter, in which they were gathered that day, of the great bare mountain slopes, of the swift shadows of the clouds, of the winding blue river, of the keen air of the uplands, of the chill of the evenings, and the beauties of earth and sky. it was all simple and childlike, but it went to the hearts of the olympians, for it spoke of the land which they knew and loved. yet when he at last dropped his hand, few of them dared to applaud, and their feeble voices were drowned by a storm of hisses and groans from his opponents. he shrank back in horror from so unusual a reception, and in an instant his blue-clad rival was in his place. if he had sung badly before, his performance now was inconceivable. his screams, his grunts, his discords, and harsh jarring cacophonies were an outrage to the very name of music.