Indentify the prepositions in the sentences 4-7 the legendary pony express rode its way into american history. the rider's trail began at st. joseph, missouri. a weary rider would often reach california in 10 days. in spite of its popularity, the pony express lasted only 18 months.,

Prepositions are words that express a relation or transition to another word. They are usually located before the object of preposition which could either be a noun or pronoun. The answers for each item are bolded.

1.   The legendary Pony Express rode its way into American history.

For number 1, the word “into” is the preposition while the object of preposition is American history. The prepositional phrase is “into American history.”

2.   The rider's trail began at St. Joseph, Missouri.

For number 2, the word “at” is the preposition while the object of preposition is St. Joseph, Missouri. The prepositional phrase is “at St. Joseph, Missouri.”

3.   A weary rider would often reach California in 10 days.

For number 3, the word “in” is the preposition while the object of preposition is days. The prepositional phrase is “in 10 days.”

4.   In spite of its popularity, the Pony Express lasted only 18 months.

For number 4, the words “in spite of” is the preposition while the object of preposition is popularity. The prepositional phrase is “in spite of its popularity.”

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!

i think it's either 'to expose the corruption of the communists in russia', or 'to criticize animal brutality by communists in russia.'  

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