9. The key to description is O A. giving the readers enough detail to form a picture in their mind.
O B. considering only what you think the readers already know.
O C. telling the readers how you would do something.
O D. showing only the steps you consider important

When the subject of a sentence performs the action in the sentence the verb in the sentence is in the what ?

What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these