Trey finished his speech, and it was Erin's turn at the podium. The crowd was clapping loudly, and some members of the audience yelled Trey's name, while others whistled. Erin knew she would need to make a great speech to compete with him. She took a deep breath and walked on stage. She took her spot behind the podium and looked out into the silent audience. A sea of faces stared back at her. Her mouth suddenly went dry, her palms began to sweat, and her stomach began to turn. Her mind went blank, and she could not remember a single word of her speech. Which sentence from this paragraph best supports the central idea of the paragraph?
A.
She took her spot behind the podium and looked out into the silent audience.
B.
Her mind went blank, and she could not remember a single word of her speech.
C.
Erin knew she would need to make a great speech to compete with him.
D.
The crowd was clapping loudly, and some members of the audience yelled Trey's name, while others whistled.

Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of i know why the caged bird sings by maya angelou and answer the queswhen i was three and bailey four, we had arrived in the musty little town, wearing tags on our wrists whinstructed - 'to whom it may concern' - that we were marguerite and bailey johnson negropassengers, who always traveled with loaded lunch boxes, felt sorry for the poor littleand plied us with cold fried chicken and potato salad.deducing from the diction, which of the following are possible audiences for the memoir select all that appchildren of three and four years of age like ones in the memoirafrican-american adults from the south who can relate to angelou's storycaucasian adults interested in american historytrain conductors and passengers

The adventures of tom sawyer, chapter 1 (excert)what does tom do to prevent aunt polly from finding out that he ate her jam? a) tom hides under the bed and then in the closet b) tom hide under the bed and tries to blame the cat c) tom hides in the closet so that aunt polly would not see him d) tom tried to wash the jam off and lied to aunt polly about the cat

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