Hope knew how desperate hayley was to make it on the baseball team. hope had seen hayley's grandparents cheering at the game last year. they just looked so happy. the baseball team was the only thing that was going well in hayley's life. yet, hope knew that she was a better player than hayley. after baseball camp, there was really no competition. what was hope to do? here she was at tryouts, and it was too late to drop out. there was one more spot on the team. she believed strongly that she should always do her best, but she didn't want to break hayley's heart. which statement describes the main plot of the scenario above best? a hope has an external conflict due to competition with hayley. b hope has an internal conflict due to a moral dilemma. c hope has an internal conflict due to her negative feelings toward hayley. d hope has an external conflict due to her missing baseball camp. (its b)

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” the old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and gather into his hands the small toads blinded by our lights and leaping, live drops of rain. what are readers most likely to infer from the phrase "blinded by our lights”? a the action in the poem takes place at night. b the weather makes the toads difficult to see. c another car is coming around the bend. d grampa is shining a lantern to see the toads.

Identify the complete predicate in the following sentence. usually, you can make more money with a college degree than with only a high school diploma. a. can make more money with a college degree than with only a high school diploma b. you c. usually, you d. can make this is the right answer : a. can make more money with a college degree than with only a high school diploma

An expository essay instructs, provides information, or explains. in this essay, you are presenting information and explaining why you think the ideas and work of the individual you chose had an effect on european thought. but before you begin writing the essay, you need to organize the information you’ve gathered by creating an outline. directions: your taking notes sheet should have you identify and organize the information you found while doing your research. now it is time to create an outline to organize the information in the way you will present it in your essay. you may decide not to use all the information you gathered, but be sure you do not leave out anything that you believe is important to support your thesis. your essay should include an introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. each paragraph should cover one main topic and should correspond to a roman numeral (i., ii., iii.) on the outline. the main topics should cover: the person’s accomplishment and contributions, and the effect of his or her accomplishments or contributions on european thought. write a topic sentence for each paragraph of your essay. be sure it tells the reader what the section will be about and how the information relates to your thesis statement. your topic sentence for the introductory paragraph might say something like “johannes gutenberg’s invention changed the way people communicated.” a topic sentence for the second paragraph—the first main topic—might be something like "gutenberg’s printing press changed the way books were produced and the way knowledge was communicated.” decide which pieces of information you will use to support your topic sentences. (these ideas or groups of facts are called subtopics.) subtopics follow capital letters and periods (a., b., and c.) on your outline. add this information beneath your topic sentence. you can further divide subtopics into specific facts. in an outline, specific facts follow arabic numerals and periods (1. 2. 3. 4.) end your outline and essay with a concluding paragraph. write a concluding paragraph that summarizes the main ideas of your essay and restates your thesis statement in some way. write no more than four or five sentences. worth 241 points