Choose the alternative that has the DIRECT SPEECH for the following REPORTED SPEECH: Sailor Ellen MacArthur said she’d been preparing for her trip for months so she was feeling optimistic.

a) Ellen: “I had been preparing for my trip for months so I was feeling optimistic”.
b) Ellen: “I prepared for my trip for months so I am feeling optimistic”.
c) Ellen: “I have prepared for her trip for months so I feel optimistic”.
d) Ellen: “I’ve been preparing for my trip for months so I am feeling optimistic”.
e) Ellen: “I would have prepared for my trip for months so I would feel optimistic”.

Ow does the author reveal katina's initial excitement about her internship? a) by showing how katina responds to conflict b) by describing how katina felt at the end of the day c) by showing how katina interacts with other characters d) by describing how katina selected her clothes with care

The overwhelming majority of the peoples and nations of the world today want to live in peace

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance