3. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A Read the following sentence from paragraph 1.
One day, (my grandfather) decided to get book-learning.
By choosing the word book-learning, what does Rice most likely wish to
suggest about her grandfather?
a. By choosing a term used by some teachers, she wishes to suggest that
her grandfather is intelligent.
b. By choosing a witty term, she wishes to suggest that her grandfather had
a sense of humor.
C. By choosing a term used by some country people, she wishes to suggest
her grandfather's country upbringing.
d. By choosing a term that shows disrespect, she wishes to suggest that her
grandfather had scorn for educated people.

Prior to researching, a writer should a. create an outline b. cite sources c. compose a draft d. create research questions select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d the answer is d

Which situation might occur in a conflict of character versus nature? a. a society disapproves of a character’s behavior. b. a character suffers from a serious illness and eventually dies. c. two characters argue over a difference of opinion. d. a character is unable to decide on his opinion of another character.

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)