Which of the following sentences requires a colon to be correct?
a. the new dessert recipe called for equal parts of sugar, cream, peanut butter, and crushed pecans.
b. in his vacation suitcase, jonathan packed two pairs of pants, four shirts, his swimsuit, and his favorite pajamas.
c. when she decided to write a letter, she grabbed her pen, paper, stamps, and address book.
d. she gathered all of her ingredients to make a smoothie strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and yogurt.

Introduction to making a difference: it’s our world, too

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

Complete the sentence. when trying to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word, you should first replace the unfamiliar word with a synonym that you identified based on the context clues. remove the unfamiliar word from the sentence. think of an antonym for the unfamiliar word. look for context clues that indicate the word's meaning.