Read the excerpt from "What It Is." It’s a game of kickball

If you don’t kick hard enough,

You’re out.

That’s what it is

Which sentence best states how the poet uses punctuation for effect in this excerpt?

The lack of punctuation in the first line encourages the reader to read at a faster pace.

The comma following the second line encourages the reader to stop and think about what's been said.

The period following the third line emphasizes the point and makes the reader stop abruptly.

The lack of the punctuation in the fourth line cues to the reader to pause and reflect.

How did the growth of railroads american businesses expand

Which two words in this excerpt from the count of monte cristo can be used as synonyms to determine the meaning of the word grotto? dantès entered the second grotto. the second grotto was lower and more gloomy than the first; the air that could only enter by the newly formed opening had the mephitic smell dantès was surprised not to find in the outer cavern. he waited in order to allow pure air to displace the foul atmosphere, and then went on.

Marian recently made the decision to try to re-wallpaper her own kitchen—which was a mistake given her personality! to compound the mistake, she selected a complex wallpaper pattern that included flowers and trees. each time she put one strip of paper on the wall, she became increasingly upset if there was not a perfect match from the pattern of one strip to the next. if one flower was off by as much as one-tenth of an inch, she would tear down the strip, remove the excess paste, and try again with the next strip. over eight hours after she started this job, she has only succeeded at putting up six strips of wallpaper, which covered about 10 percent of the room in which she was working. marian may suffer from personality disorder.