On the flight, the girls took turns looking out of the window, breathlessly commenting on the sights. as the plane approached the city, the buildings became visible the runway of the airport came into sight, and then they touched down with a thump. fill in the blank with the correct punctuation and wording. a) ; presently, b) ; presently; c) , presently, d) , presently;

The correct answer is option A) ; presently,  

Explanation:

According to punctuation rules, we use semicolon when joining two independant sentences but at the same time those sentences have a logical and close connection.

Conjunctive adverbs (in this case "presently") are used to connect independant clauses and they come after a semicolon and before a comma.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

you're welcome ; p

answer: c

explanation: