Report: “Lamb to the Slaughter” DIRECTIONS:
Pretend you are a detective investigating Mr. Maloney’s death. Fill out the police report below based on the information in the text.

Victim’s Name:
Time of Death (estimate):
Witnesses Interviewed (2):
What did the witness say?
1)
2)

Cause of Death:
Possible Murder Weapon:
Possible Suspect(s):
Main suspect’s alibi:
Suspected Motive:

Clues:

Is the sentence “ironically, although approximately seventy-one percent of the earth is covered by water, thirty-three percent of its land area is desert.” a phrase or a clause?

Writers try to let us know what is central to their writing. when we notice words such as "meanwhile," "afterward," "before," or "previously," an author is letting us know the order in which events happen. a paragraph that mostly uses these key words is arranged in what structural form?

Part b: which phrase from the text best support the answers to part a? a. “i don't want to talk to somebody when i go check in at an airport. i just either download the boarding pass to my phone or walk up to a kiosk and get it.” (paragraph 8) b. “you do not have to go far to find someone who disagrees with andrew mcafee, just around the corner to the office of another person at the same university.” (paragraph 11) c. “the set of things that machines do not do like humans is innumerable.” (paragraph 16) d. “you wonder if you're joining that long litany of voices who go down as having made the incorrect prediction one more time, but i think the facts are different this time.” (paragraph 23)