Activity 1 Directions :Read and understand the selection inside the box and answer the questions that follows.

The Golden State Warriors was so lucky during the playoffs game against the best team of Los Angel Lakers. They won only because they cheated. A lot of violation made by the team were not called by the referee which make it very unfair. Los Angels Lakers' performance was really professional and their teamwork is admirable. They deserve to win the game rather than the other cheating team.

Question:
1. The writer is a fan of what team?

2.What words did the writer use to describe the Golden State Warriors?

3.What words did the writer use to describe the Los Angels Lakers?

4.How did the writer define the call of the referee during the game?

5.is the selection showing bias?

"dogs make wonderful pets because they us stay happy and healthy"the topic sentence is "dogs make wonderful pets" i need writing a sentence that is unrelated to the topic and can be eliminated.

Which is easier to identify direct or indirect characterization? why

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.