. What evidence from Passage 1 clarifies Washington's claim that the army's situation is extreme? (RI.1.1)
a. “Sir: My intelligence reports of late have been rather unfavorable and are received
with anxiety and concern.” Paragraph 1
b. “In some instances almost whole regiments of 700 men, half regiments and
companies of 65 men have left.” Paragraph 2
C. “We cannot depend upon a Militia or other troops that enlist for only the short
periods of time that our regulations heretofore have prescribed.” Paragraph 3
d. “Our number of men at present fit for duty are under 20,000.” Paragraph 6

On her zoo blog, bindi describes the experience of walking the red carpet with her mum that evening, and the unmatched joy of what happened soon after. “all the categories came up, but then mine did! they said all these top actresses' names then my name! the guy said 'and the winner is . . ’ . . my heart stopped . . ‘bindi irwin! ’ i could not believe it, i won! i was amazed, in tears, i could hardly talk! i’ll never forget that great trip! ” what does the hyperbole in the excerpt the reader understand about bindi? she had a medical problem. she was extremely frightened. she became very excited. she won an important award.

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.

What is the central idea of paragraph 1 of the story?