Which of the following sentences is in passive voice? (The action
comes before the doer of the
action in the sentence.)
A. An author builds conflict to write a story.
B. An author constructs a plot for the story.
C. An author identifies a setting for the story.
D. Characters are created by an author for the
story.

When you see information in brackets, these are dialogue stage directions setting actor names

Based on the excerpt, readers can conclude that odysseus’s men enjoy their leisure time. appreciate their jobs. respect their leader. forge close friendships.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of “to build a fire.” to build the fire he had been forced to remove his mittens, and the fingers had quickly gone numb. his pace of four miles an hour had kept his heart pumping blood to the surface of his body and to all the extremities. but the instant he stopped, the action of the pump eased down. which words from the excerpt provide context clues for the underlined word?