Last summer, my sister and i were walking home from our baseball game when we spotted a stray cat by the side of the road. (2) the cat looked dirty and scared. (3) i walked toward him, but he backed away as i got closer. (4) we rushed home to tell our parents about the cat and to ask if we could keep it. (5) our parents agreed that the cat should not stay on the road, but they did not know if they wanted a pet. (6) my dad walked up the road and put the cat in a pet carrier. (7) we took him to an animal doctor. (8) she inspected the cat and told us that there was nothing wrong with him. (9) the workers in the office gave him a bath and some medicine. (10) my dad told us we could have the cat if we promised always to take good care of him. (11) dexter still lives with us, and he is a wonderful pet. (12) we were so excited! read this draft of paul's narrative. which of these replacements for sentence 2 provides vivid details? a. the small cat looked sort of weird. b. the small gray cat looked nervous. c. the small cat looked dirty and very scared. d. the small, gray cat was filthy and petrified

Read this excerpt from "ain't i a woman? " by sojoumer truth in which three sentences does she make an emotional appeal to the audience by talking about her personal hardships? well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. {i think that 'twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.} but what's all this here talking about? {that man over there says that women need to be into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. nobody ever me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place} and ain't i a woman? look at me! look at my arm! {i have ploughed and planted, and gathered into bars, and no man could head me! } and ain't i a woman? i could work as much and eat as much as a man - when i could get it - and bear the lash as well! and ain't i a woman? {i have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when i cried out with my mother's grief, none but jesus heard me! } and ain't i a woman? {then they talk about this thing in the head, what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect") that's it, honey.} what's that got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights? if my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?

One important character trait which levi to compete well is revealed in the first paragraph. it is that a) he is often fearful. b) he thinks before he acts. c) he tends to be suspicious. d) he is good at finding hidden things.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.