Using Dialogue Effectively
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Read the dialogue between two characters from a story titled "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers
"There's another room over there; I'm going to take a look. You got that flashlight?"
"Yeah, here, take the pipe too."
How does the dialogue move the story forward?

It introduces the characters as being prepared for any situation.
It shows details about the setting the characters are in.
It suggests that the character will find something in the other room.
It explains how the characters feel about being inside the dark house.

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

hey there,

your answer is a) today we hope for clear skies.

let's look at the word(s) progressive verb. progressive means its happening right now. it is not going to happen and it has not already happened. it is happening right now. the sentence "today we hope" in option a is an example of a progressing verb. they are hoping right now. options b, c and d are not progressing verbs. they contain the words have, roared and will be. those words tell us that it has either happened or will happen. a is your answer.

best of luck,

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the object of the   preposition (which is under)   of this sentences is d a log. ject pr