Every year, was a big deal, a holiday of epic proportions, for the grabowski family. (2) grandma invited the whole family to her house in andersonville each year. (3) cousin tom made his homemade bread and stuffing, along with mashed potatoes. (4) his sister marybeth prepared chicken soup that everyone enjoyed along with trays of vegetables and dips. (5) some years, more than twenty people showed up, and everyone carried an appetite, so there had to be an abundance of food on the table. (6) the table looked like a fancy buffet at a restaurant, covered with fragrant apple pies, steaming and juicy turkey, and sizzling hot sweet potatoes. (7) people ate and talked and had a lot of fun all through the afternoon, and most of them were asleep on the couches by eight o'clock. 127 words, 9.2 flesch, 1090 lexile which sentence most effectively uses sensory descriptions? a) sentence 2 b) sentence 4 c) sentence 6 d) sentence 7

Excerpt from the ultimate fighting championship mary o'dell 1 american interest in mixed martial arts is growing. both male and female athletes are invited to compete, although this sport is not recommended for the prima donna. this full contact fighting combines various martial arts techniques so fighters with different styles can compete against each other. this intriguing sport has convinced more than one athlete that he is not, in fact, the alpha and the omega! many people think that all combative sports should be strictly monitored and regulated by state commissions. it is obvious that the ultimate fighting championship (ufc) is an organization that promotes combative athletic events. state athletic commissions should strictly monitor and regulate the ufc.select the rebuttal statement that best refutes the viewpoint in section one. a) it is necessary to oversee the athletes involved in mixed martial arts. b) it is unnecessary to oversee the athletes involved in mixed martial arts. c) it is necessary for athletes involved in mixed martial arts to self-regulate. d) one distinctive feature of mixed martial arts is the combination of various techniques.

Apolitical campaign showing the candidate wearing a hard hat and work shirt while touring a factory is using oa) glittering generalities. ob) transfer appeal. oc) testimonial. od) plain folks appeal.

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. though connor was commissioner of public safety, blacks knew that it wasn't their health and safety he intended to protect. and he certainly didn't put out their fires. between the late 1940s and early 1960s, more than fifty black homes and churches in birmingham were bombed. one neighborhood was hit so often, it was called "dynamite hill." no one was ever prosecuted, even when the police could identify the bombers. what is the tone of the excerpt? inquisitive sentimental apologetic scornful