1. I met Elisa. 2. She was sitting on a blanket with her mom and her sister. 3. I was tossing a softball back-and-forth with some friends. 4. It was a really hot day at the park, and my friends and I were sweating a lot. 5. We went to drink from the fountain, but the water was hot too. 6. Elisa called us over to her blanket and pointed to an ice chest. 7. “Help yourself,” she said. 8. When I lifted the lid, the tops of several brightly colored fruit bars came into view. What is needed at the beginning of sentence 1?

A. a sequence word
B. a strong example
C. a different pronoun
D. a time word or phrase

Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "that spot" by jack london? i don’t think much of stephen mackaye any more, though i used to swear by him. i know that in those days i loved him more than my own brother. if ever i meet stephen mackaye again, i shall not be responsible for my actions. it passes beyond me that a man with whom i shared food and blanket, and with whom i mushed over the chilcoot trail, should turn out the way he did. i always sized steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. i shall never trust my judgment in men again. why, i nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the stewart; and he saved my life on the little salmon. and now, after the years we were together, all i can say of stephen mackaye is that he is the meanest man i ever knew. a. excited b. ironic c. indignant d. playful