Our food was coarse corn meal boiled. this was called mush. it was put into a large wooden tray or trough and set down upon the ground. the children we're then called like so many pigs and like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush some with oystershells others with pieces of shingle some with naked hands and none with spoons. he that ate faster got most he that was strongest secured the best place and few left the trough satisfied. how does douglas's style add to the power of his narrative?

An effective thesis statement will reflect . . 1) possible weaknesses in your own argument. 2) possible weaknesses in your opponent's argument. 3) the type of document--or genre--you plan to write. 4) your attitudes about aquatic mammals

Ineed badly ! i got to get this done and i can't get it done tomorrow! 1. expand the meaning of each sentence by adding adjectives. (dinner cooks.) (clown chuckled.) (car raced.) (dancer spun.) (panthers growled.) (leaves fall.) (bread baked.) (lake glistened.) (ship glides.) 2. using the sentences above, expand the meaning by adding adverbs. 3. using any five of the sentences from #2, expand the meaning by adding a compound word to each sentence. 4. using any three of the sentences from #3, expand the meaning by adding a prepositional phrase to each sentence. 5. using any one of the sentences from #4, expand the meaning by adding a synonym to this sentence.

Leslie would probably have come with us if she didn’t work all summer. which is the verb phrase?