What is sketching?
a. the process of drawing pictures of your characters in order to better understand their thoughts and actions
b. the process of organizing ideas in a methodical way to allow readers to navigate information in your paper
c. the process of revising your writing and correcting any typos, misspellings, or grammatical errors
d. the process of drawing visual connections between your main topic and your thoughts and ideas

Which of the following sentences uses dashes correctly? a. i looked under the bed - get this - and there it was! b. i need - a lot of - colors for this painting. c. i can't believe my own - brother! - is now a mayor. d. tom and i - are planning - a wedding in june.

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

How do sotomayor's descriptions of her family most likelyaffect readers?