Identify each compound , simple , or complex sentence . 1. It can be fun to write in a diary or a journal.
2. Keep your diary or journal in a safe place, and
3. Both famous people and everyday people have kept
4. Samuel Pepys was a British official who kept ad
5. He wrote the diary in shorthand; the diary was decode
6. He wrote about the Great Plague that killed thousands
Write simple, compound, or complex to
sentence.
enjoy reading it a year or more from now.
diaries.
during the 1600s.
over one hundred years later.
I diary
of people in London during the 1660s.
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Which of the following statements is true a. active voice avoid responsibility and should never be used

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

Attempting to transcend her condition the author tries to focus on nature as she lies limpin the dirt (lines 46-78).what does she realize about the earth and sky as she lies there