A. Draw one line under the compound subject and two lines under the simple predicate that they share.
Volcanoes and earthquakes cause great destruction.
1. Rome and Florence are two cities in Italy.
2. Both Sara and Caroline were chosen for the team.
3. Cinders and ashes rose from the fire.
4. People and animals mingle at the zoo.
5. Historians, archaeologists, and tourists love to explore ancient ruins.
6. Paintings and other objects were on display at the museum.
7. Smoke and car exhaust pollute the air.
8. Hot dogs and hamburgers sizzled on the grill.
9. In Egypt mummies and pyramids are favorite subjects of study.
10. My uncle and brother visited me in the hospital.
11. In the summer Shama and I swim every day.
12. Gold and silver cost more than copper.
13. Food and dishes filled the table.
14. The doctor and her nurse waited for the next patient.

Agood persuasive essay topic cannot be a. a fact b. debatable c. something somebody else has already written about

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

What does this excerpt from act of romeo and juliet reveal about lord montague?