Ead the paragraph from Kevin’s personal narrative.

1. When I was in fifth grade, my family became interested in fostering kittens from the local animal shelter. 2. First, we had to fill out an application. 3. Next, we had to attend a workshop on caring for kittens properly. 4. A woman from the shelter came to our house to see if it was a safe environment for kittens. 5. Finally, we were approved. 6. That was an exciting day!

Which is the best revision of sentence 4?

After that, a woman from the shelter came to our house to see if it was a safe environment for kittens.
She came to our house to see if it was a safe environment for kittens.
Finally, a woman from the shelter came to our house to see if it was a safe environment for kittens.
I came our house to see if it was a safe environment for kittens.

What evidence in the excerpt supports schwartz claim? select three options

In 150 words, explain what northup (in twelve years a slave) could have done to prevent being kidnapped by hamilton and brown.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.