Hope knew how desperate hayley was about making it on the baseball team. hope had seen hayley's grandparents cheering at the game last year. they just looked so happy. the baseball team was the only thing in hayley's life going well. yet, hope knew that she was a better player than hayley. after baseball camp, there was really no competition. what was hope to do? here she was at try outs, and it was too late to drop out. there was one more spot on the team. she believed strongly that one should always do one's best, but she didn't want to break hayley's heart. which genre describes the passage best?
a. science fiction
b. adventure
c. sports
d. supernatural

What effect is created by the plaque posted on the gate at the entrance to the family's home in nadine gordimer's "once upon a time"? the words written on the plaque offer readers a foreshadowing of the story's outcome without revealing the actual conclusion, the author's use of flashback allows readers to understand what is at the heart of the issues of encroachment in the suburban neighborhood the repetition of the words written on the plaque presents an oxymoron because readers already sense that the plaque has been ineffective in warding off intruders. the author introduces a paradox in which readers are presented with a warning notice when no actual infraction has taken place.

Discuss the exploration of conflict and the resolution in the story the tempest by william shakespeare in essay form

Which of the following sentences requires a colon to be correct? a. in his vacation suitcase, jonathan packed two pairs of pants, four shirts, his swimsuit, and his favorite pajamas. b. when she decided to write a letter, she grabbed her pen, paper, stamps, and address book. c. the new dessert recipe called for equal parts of sugar, cream, peanut butter, and crushed pecans. d. she gathered all of her ingredients to make a smoothie strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and yogurt.