Explain the significance of the Skittles story in the excerpt from Mindy Kaling's Why Not Me? 2. Identify the tone of the text.
3. This text is an embarrassing memory from when Kaling struggled to make friends. Why would she share it with the world?

Which sentence contains a correctly used participial phrase? a) camping by the lakeside, the cries of geese kept me awake. b) after brushing on another stroke of fiery crimson, the canvas looked complete. c) peering through the rain spattered window, the scenery appeared lush and verdant. d) kicking the ball into the upper left hand corner of the goal, the striker scored the winning goal.