Read the paragraph. Kimberly was upstairs in her room, trying to find ways to keep busy until her friend, Alma, arrived. Alma and Kimberly were once neighbors and spent every waking moment together riding bikes, playing games, and making memories. A year before, Alma and her family had moved to another state. The girls had kept in touch by text and email, but it wasn’t the same as being together. Their parents decided to surprise the girls and set up a weekend visit, and the day had arrived! Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Kimberly happily walked down the stairs to greet her friend.

Which word best replaces walked to show how Kimberly went down the stairs?

skipped

trudged

shuffled

marched

Expand the outline you wrote in lesson 1 about the american dream into an argumentative research essay. as in most essays, you'll need to include an introduction, body, and conclusion. you'll also need to support your claim with evidence

In these frames, the author emphasize the challenges lqbal faced by showing

What is darrow’s main argument and the claims he makes in this excerpt? a. darrow argues that even if the boys are horrible monsters, their deaths will not solve the problems of society; he claims that society wants the boys to be executed because people enjoy watching public executions. b. he argues that the people who should be held responsible for the crime are leopold’s and loeb’s parents since they neglected their sons; he claims that leopold and loeb were jealous of the boy they killed because he had expensive belongings they could not afford. c. darrow argues that the boys should not face the death penalty; he claims they both suffer from mental illnesses that make them unable to tell the difference between a dream and reality. d. he argues that leopold and loeb, particularly dickie loeb, should not be executed; he claims they were teenagers who didn’t have proper adult guidance, so they are not responsible for what they did.