The Great Smoky Mountains are located in Tennessee and North Carolina. The Smokies are old, and it is beautiful. The Great Smoky Mountains contain many natural wonders, including cliffs, forests, and diverse plants and animals. They are even part of the Appalachian Trail and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

What type of pronoun error is present in the underlined portion of the passage?

case, person, number

Which revision fixes this error?

The smokies are old, it is beautiful.

The smokies are old, and beautiful.

The smokies are old, and they are beautiful.

Which of the following identified malala yousafzai’s main claim in the text?

Before ending this lesson, take a moment to review an informative research essay you have written. you’ve probably already written a conclusion to the essay. but is it the best conclusion it can be? does it properly summarize the main subtopics of your essay? does it state in one or two sentences the “so what” of your topic. if your topic was abraham lincoln, your essay shouldn’t be just about abraham lincoln. it should answer, “so what about abraham lincoln? ” take five or ten minutes, and looking only at that single paragraph, revise your conclusion

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.