Only answer if you know the answer question 1. read the excerpt from "veterans appreciate our gratitude, but what they need most is our ." veterans and servicemembers are frequently honored in similar ceremonies and with special discounts at restaurants and theaters, but those small gestures are inadequate compared with the challenges they face when they come home. how do the highlighted words to create meaning in the article? they the reader understand that veterans enjoy gestures such as free meals and ceremonies. they the reader understand that the needs of veterans are great. they the reader understand that veterans receive from the government. they the reader understand that veterans are upset that people don't support them. question 2. community service should be mandatory. which source would be most useful for a persuasive essay with this thesis? 1.a scientific article on the benefits of community service. 2.an encyclopedia article from the 1950s on different types of community service. 3.a webquest created by an elementary school student about serving meals to the homeless. 4.the opinion of your next-door neighbor on whether or not he enjoys community service. question 3. read the passage. the wind begun to rock the grass with threatening tunes and low-- he threw a menace at the earth-- a menace at the sky. what is the effect of ending lines with a dash 1. it makes the poem seem frightening. 2. it speeds the poem up. 3. it tells the reader when to pause at the end of lines. 4. it signals figurative language. question 4. which sentence uses the word uncertainty correctly? 1. i was filled with uncertainty and confusion on my first day of high school. 2. the delighted puppy wagged its tail and bounded toward me with uncertainty. 3. his brash, swaggering tone made his uncertainty clear. 4. there's a lot of uncertainty concerning the color of the grass in springtime