The anecdote of Mrs. Pike’s and Leota’s visit to the freak show is central to the story. Which lines foreshadow the importance the experience will play later in the story?

A.“All he can do, he can move his head just a quarter of an inch. A course he looks just terrible.”
B.“Did Mrs. Pike like the petrified man?” asked Mrs. Fletcher. “Not as much as she did the others,” said Leota deprecatingly.
C.“She told her Mr. Pike was as true to her as he could be and besides would come into some money.”
D.“We went to the travelin’ freak show yesterday after work. I got through early—nine o’clock. In the vacant store next door?”

Read the passage and choose the correct punctuation marks

Now close reading is an essential and foundational skill needed to succeed in any language arts course. acquiring this skill will you form a strategy when writing about literature. you will be required to perform and develop this skill as you progress through this course and other courses in your school career. identify and discuss your areas of strength in language arts. what do you do well? what do you like doing in a course like this? why do those tasks work well for you? you can also identify a challenge you have that you’d like to work on throughout this course. use this discussion as an opportunity to give advice to your classmates based on your stronger skills and to ask for with skills you are still developing.

Which sentence has an incorrect shift in pronoun-antecedent agreement? a) each teacher needs to be paired up. b) each man needs to carry his own load. c) each of these women runs their own business. d) each child should bring his or her own lunch.