I give 20 points Read the excerpt from “Let Bindi Have the Limelight.”

On her zoo blog, Bindi describes the experience of walking the red carpet with her mum that evening, and the unmatched joy of what happened soon after. “All the categories came up, but then mine did! They said all these top actresses' names then my name! The guy said 'And the winner is . . . ’ . . . My heart stopped . . . ‘Bindi Irwin!’ I could not believe it, I WON! I was amazed, in tears, I could hardly talk! I’ll never forget that great trip!”

What does the hyperbole in the excerpt help the reader understand about Bindi?

She had a medical problem.

She was extremely frightened.

She became very excited.

She won an important award.

Questions 1–2: identify the dependent clause and circle the independent clause. 1. since carmen was so hungry, she stopped at the deli and bought a sandwich. 2. the train was running late as usual, so kristen decided to call a taxi.

What is the main idea of this paragraph from the volcanoes section of the ready. gov website

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning