Which of the following is an example of a concrete detail?
Select all that apply.
The Earth is round and covered in water.
The grass is green and filled with dandelions.
The sky feels warm.
The wind blows gently.

Read this sentence. the wind blew, the leaves shook, and the birds flew away. which best describes the structure of this sentence? oa. this sentence places the object before the verb. ob. this sentence places each verb before its subject. oc. this sentence uses a parallel structure but flips the position of thewords. od. this sentence uses parallel subjects and verbs.

What is the central idea of this excerpt?

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a. to show where the shoes came from b. to show how valuable the shoes were c. to reveal why stanley was arrested d. to give background on the homeless shelter