1) which is a compound-complex sentence? a) the dog began to bark at the visitor, and the cat ran under the chair. b) the teacher had just started the math lesson when the fire alarm bell began to ring. c) after they cleaned their rooms, the boys planned to go swimming, but it started to rain. d) both the boys and the girls were excited about going to the mountains and spending the night. eliminate

2) i fell asleep while i was reading last night, and now i have a sore neck.
which clause from the sentence above is a dependent clause?
a)
i fell asleep
b)
now i have a sore neck
eliminate
c)
while i was reading last night
d)
there are no dependent clauses in this sentence.

In sonnet xix, at what point in his life did the speaker’s eyesight fail? in late spring at midlife when he lost his talent

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

Read the excerpt from martin luther king jr.’s “i have a dream” speech. the negro is still languishing in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. the emotional connotation of the underlined word king express his a. indecision. b. hopefulness. c. spirituality. d. outrage.