My girls friend arrived after I for her about half an hour A. was waiting B. had been waiting C. has been waiting D. have waited

Read the excerpt. “this is a train-servicing station and we have to wait for a train.” he shakes his head. i smile. “it’d be nice if we could get one.” lauren mizock has revised her draft of “train tracks” to convey plot events using

Read the first stanza of wallace stevens's 'the anecdote of the jar' below: i placed a jar in tennessee, and round it was, upon a hill. it made the slovenly wilderness surround that hill. which of these is the best paraphrase of the stanza? o a. when i placed a jar outside in tennessee, it seemed to dominate all of nature. o b. the round jar i put on a hill looked strange amidst the wildness of nature o c. i put a round jar on a hill in tennessee, and the jar made the wilderness surround it. o d. i placed a jar on a round, wilderness-covered hill in tennessee.

Imagine that your favorite sports team has been nominated for an award. you’ve been selected to write a brief paragraph about why your team deserves to win the award. write two short paragraphs explaining why. in one paragraph, write a note to the commissioner of the league whose vote counts for 50% of the award recipient. in the second paragraph, write to voters participating in the online poll that will determine the remaining 50% of the vote. your topic is the same for each paragraph. adjust your writing to accommodate two different audiences.