What best describes characterization? a. the way a character should be performed. b. how a main character meets his or her downfall. c. how a main character overcomes a tragedy. d. the way a character is presented and developed.

He shoots a basketball with either hand. identify the adverb phrase and the word it modifies

Iopened the door quietly,then stood in the doorway rewrite using ..ing participle

[he] let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. a piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. how slowly it appeared to move! what a sluggish stream! what contrasting words are used to describe the stream in this passage?