Read the paragraph. [1] thomas jefferson was the primary author of the declaration of independence. [2] jefferson began writing in early june of 1776, and he took three weeks to finish the first draft. [3] the delegates of the second continental congress reviewed the document during the last week of june. which is the best way to revise sentence 2 to improve sentence variety in the paragraph? in early june 1776, jefferson began writing, and he took three weeks to finish the first draft. jefferson, who began writing in early june 1776, took three weeks to finish the first draft. the first draft, which jefferson began writing in early june 1776, took him three weeks. jefferson took three weeks to finish the first draft, which he began writing in early june 1776.

In the five stanzas of this poem. the speaker observes and participates in five american scenes. describe the scene in each stanza. what emotion does each scene evoke?

Which sentence about subject-verb agreement is not true? a. singular subjects go with singular verbs. b. plural subjects go with plural verbs. c. when the subject and the verb go together, they agree. d. plural verbs go with singular subjects.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?