Retype these sentences, making them smoother by changing the parts that are italicized. 1. Due to the fact that I failed my last test, I need to study in order to raise my grade in history.

2. I like ice cream equally as well as I like frozen yogurt bars.

3. If and when the team wins the championship, we will have a celebration.

4. Danny skipped the second grade with the result that he is now the youngest member of our class.

Which sentence in this excerpt from frances hodgson burnett’s a little princess shows indirect characterization? it was just then that miss minchin entered the room. she was very like her house, sara felt: tall and dull, and respectable and ugly. she had large, cold, fishy eyes, and a large, cold, fishy smile. it spread itself into a very large smile when she saw sara and captain crewe. she had heard a great many desirable things of the young soldier from the lady who had recommended her school to him. among other things, she had heard that he was a rich father who was willing to spend a great deal of money on his little daughter. "it will be a great privilege to have charge of such a beautiful and promising child, captain crewe," she said, taking sara's hand and stroking it. "lady meredith has told me of her unusual cleverness. a clever child is a great treasure in an establishment like mine."

What central idea does this passage develop? the impact of fate the integrity of leaders the ruthlessness of power the importance of friendship

Which of these events inspired many of stephen crane’s writings, including the story “an episode of war”?