Free-writing is a useful writing technique for which of the following reasons? it generates the most precise language. it encourages you to cite your sources. it generates sentences that will appear in your final draft. it you get your preliminary thoughts down on paper.

Read the excerpt from warriors don't cry. as we approached behind them, we could see only the clusters of white people that stretched for a distance of two blocks along the entire span of the school building. my mind could take in the sights and sounds only one by one: flashing cameras, voices shouting in my ears, men and women jostling each other, old people, young people, people running, uniformed police officers walking, men standing still, men and women waving their fists, and then the long line of uniformed soldiers carrying weapons just like in the war movies i had seen. which words create the mood in the excerpt? check all that apply.

Which describes the effect the use of figurative language has on the tone of this excerpt? select all that apply

Write a sentence using a gerund phrase with a pronoun subject.