Me ! identify the word the best describes the underlined word for questions 11-20 (underlined words look like _this_ ) 15. the pastry chef prepared _cookies_ and _cupcakes_ for the young guests. a. compound subject b. compound verb c. compound direct object d. compound predicate nominative 16. the haitian revolution ended with haitis independence _from france_ . a. prepositional phrase b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive phrase 17. _comparing the two essays_ it is obvious that one relied on more through research. a. prepositional phrase b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive phrase 18. _summarizing a fiction passage_ is not as easy as you might think. a. prepositional phrase b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive phrase 19. the painter used a thin brush _to paint the foliage in the background_ . a. prepositional phrase b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive phrase 20. only two _of his scripts_ were accepted by the television producers. a. prepositional phrase b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive phrase

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.

Write a poem that's at least 10 lines long. : )