Read the following sentence. “I am so excited to see all of my friends when school starts tomorrow!” exclaimed Maria.

What is the purpose of the quotation marks in the sentence above?

to show what Maria said
to show how Maria felt
to show what Maria thought
to show how Maria spoke

In hard times by charles dickens, mr. gradgrind is depicted as protective and respectful rigid and narrow-minded innovative and ambitious worldly and clever

For frederick douglass’s address, “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” (1852)1) does the speaker use fallacious reasoning or logical fallacies? use evidence from the text to support your answers. 2) how effective is the speaker’s response to counterclaims or alternate claims? use evidence from the text to support your answer

He now spent his days in his house, from room to room. which verb best completes the sentence?