Which sentence uses an adverbial clause to add variety and interest to its meaning? A) No one knew what the theme of the dancing contest for next year would be. B) The emcee, along with the school principal, announced the theme for next year's dancing contest. C) After all the confetti had fallen, the emcee announced the theme for next year's dancing contest. D) The contestants in the dancing contest listened to the announcement of next year's theme.

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” but, leathery hands full of wet brown life, knee deep in the summer roadside grass, he just smiled and said they have places to go to too. based on the excerpt, what will readers most likely infer about grampa? a he is accepting of his grandson’s ignorance. b he is irritated by his grandson’s impatience. c he believes he will not be able to save all the toads. d he believes his grandson should not talk back.

Drag the tiles to the boxes to form correct pairs. match each of ulysses's characteristics as an epic hero to an event in homer's odyssey. ulysses conceives of a plan to blind the cyclops. ulysses shouts out his name to the cyclops while leaving the island. jove orders calypso to allow ulysses to continue on his journey home. neptune raises storms to throw ulysses's ship off course. place event faces obstacles set by supernatural foes arrowright possesses human frailties and flaws arrowright receives from supernatural friends arrowright is braver and smarter than a typical man arrowright

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?