1.which words most clearly suggest tragedy?

bright, dim, hollow
creeping, darkening, gray
glowing, filling, shimmer
lively, blush, light

2.which word from the sentence gives it a formal tone?

these issues will engage us for years to come and give us much to consider.

much
years
engage
issues

3.hester receives a constant stream of admonitions and moral guidance, but the guidance and nudgings dimmesdale receives from chillingsworth are far more sinister and evil.

based on the context, what does the word admonitions mean?

gentle or friendly criticism or advice
loud and frightening spirits or apparitions
free and loving manipulation of people
kind and open misinformation or lies

4.which word best describes a person who has become well advanced in a skill, but is not quite an expert?

novice
proficient
professional
talented

5.which of the following corrects the error in meaning and usage in the sentence below?

the festival and the public conference will run concur with each other.

change festival to festivity.
change public to publication.
change conference to confer.
change concur to concurrently.

6.at what point in the writing process would it be best to do the bulk of the research on your topic?

after completing a first or second draft
after creating an outline or plan
before completing your final draft
before creating an outline or plan

the answer is a

mark branliest

explanation:

the answer to your question is the introduction, because the main text is the body paragraphs, and the table of contents is used to locate paragraphs, and the conclusion is where you wrap up all your thoughts in the end.

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.