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Read this paragraph from a student's essay.

Edgar Poe was born January 19, 1809, to traveling actors in Boston. By the time Poe was a toddler, his father had left the family, and his mother had died. Poe was sent to live with the wealthy Allan family in Richmond, Virginia. John Allan wanted Poe to become a businessman, but Poe had other plans. On the backs of business papers, Poe wrote poetry. When Poe was thirteen years old, he had already written enough poetry to publish a book. John Allan, however, didn’t support that idea.

Choose one of the bolded nouns, pronouns or noun phrases. Replace your choices with a noun phrase that provides more detail. These details do not need to factually accurate, they just need to be in the form of noun phrases.

2.Rewrite this sentence correctly, placing the commas in the correct spots.

Raul’s new car the color of a ripe tomato sat in the driveway.

3.Why do writers use verb and noun phrases?

Read the passage from a vindication of the rights of woman. that the society is formed in the wisest manner, whose constitution is founded on the nature of man, strikes, in the abstract, every thinking being so forcibly, that it looks like presumption to endeavour to bring forward proofs; though proof must be brought, or the strong hold of prescription will never be forced by reason; yet to urge prescription as an argument to justify the depriving men (or women) of their natural rights, is one of the absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense. does wollstonecraft maintain an objective tone in the passage? yes, because she uses objective language such as “society is formed in the wisest manner.” yes, because she uses objective language such as “it looks like presumption to endeavor.” no, because she uses subjective language such as “though proof must be brought, or the strong hold.” no, because she uses subjective language such as “absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.”

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

What did mark twain contribute to the history of the novel? select all that apply.