Identify the fused sentence. a. i was thrilled to find my keys they had been lost since yesterday. b. i was thrilled to find my keys. they had been lost since yesterday. c. i was thrilled to find my keys, they had been lost since yesterday. d. i was thrilled to find my keys; they had been lost since yesterday.

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

What are two goals of feminist literary criticism? select two options. to focus exclusively on female authors and female characters to explore restrictions placed on female characters in patriarchal societies to explore emotional rather than political or historical aspects of literature to evaluate the work of female authors who may be unappreciated to evaluate why female authors are morally superior to male authors

The empire state building was a.constructed by one hundred workers. b.was first lit up by president roosevelt. c.has more than one hundred stories. d took several years to complete.