Standards and skills questions (without text selections)
identify the choice that best answers the question
which sentence observes correct hyphenation?
a. it was difficult to navigate through the snow-covered streets.
b. my doctor is nearing her retirement at the prime-age of sixty four.
c. the governor wasn't even born in the early-sixties, let alone the fifties.
d. a peanut-covered-street remained after the circus parade had made its trek.

where are the options? i can try to if you add them : )

the correct answer is: reveal gregor as an untidy individual.

in metamorphosis by franz kafka, gregor samsa is the main character, who one day wakes up as a bug, and the attitude he takes upon his transformation forces him to go deeper on his existence and the new features of his body.

in this excerpt the writer mentions a table full of collection textile samples, which gives us a hint about gregor being messy. later on the book we discover how he is a really untidy individual.

this essay written by james baldwin “if black english isn’t a language, then tell me, what is? ”, relates about the fact that language can not only be used for communication, but also to classify and judge them.

question:   according to “if black english isn’t a language, then tell me, what is? ” how have black english and american english influenced one another?

answer: a. black english has enriched american english.