1. When you're scribbling a note with a pencil, do you ever wonder what this handy tool is made from? To get right to the point, a pencil is made stronger with clay. Its wooden outside comes from cedar trees. The yellow paint on the wood is made from minerals, while the metal brand at one end is aluminum. Should you make a mistake while writing, use the eraser. It's main materials are soybean oil and latex. The Author's main purpose for writing this passage is to

Read the paragraph. [1] this year, the linden high school debate team is bigger than ever. [2] neither the students nor the faculty advisor has much experience, but it’s a smart, capable, argumentative group! [3] we’ve tried to make a schedule that allows us to study, prepare, and scrimmage. [4] only one of us are able to practice on thursdays or fridays, which can be inconvenient. [5] even so, we feel prepared and excited for this year’s tournaments. [6] our first debate is on october 10th, and we are excited that it is so soon. which two sentences have subject-verb agreement errors? sentence 2 and sentence 4 sentence 2 and sentence 1 sentence 3 and sentence 5 sentence 4 and sentence 6

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of the metamorphosis hard to read?

How was don quixote different from the literature before it? how did it signal a change in the history of literature? your answer should contain at least one hundred words.