Read the excerpt from Gary Soto's "Seventh Grade." She smiled and said, "Hi, Victor."
He smiled back and said, "Yeah, that's me." His brown face blushed. Why hadn't he said, "Hi, Teresa," or
"How was your summer?" or something nice?
This excerpt best expresses the story's
resolution
climax
setting
conflict

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

Which passage is the best example of deductive reasoning? a. aaron wants to try something new for lunch. he asks his coworkers what they like and then decides where to eat b. everyone in mr. kim’s class got an a on the test. casey is in mr. kim’s class, so he must have received an a on the test. c. petra sees that all the kids at her school walk home. tomorrow she will tell her mother she doesn’t need a ride home. d. saul is buying a present for his sister. he asks his mother for suggestions and then goes to the mall to find something.

Identify the participle or infinitive phrase in the sentence below