Fill in the blanks with the correct punctuation mark, a comma or a semicolon. william shakespeare was a truly extraordinary artisthe wrote dramas and poetry. not only did he write tragediesbut he also wrote comedies and histories. he died when he was just fifty-two years oldmoreoverit has been speculated that he died on his birthday.

Explanation:

The first sentence uses a semicolon because it connects two independent clauses.

The second sentence joins clauses with the coordinating conjunction but, so it only needs a comma.

In sentence three, the first blank needs to be a semicolon because it comes before the conjunctive adverb moreover.

In contrast, the final blank should be a comma as it joins moreover with the rest of its clause.

Other guy's answer but without the essay this mans wrote smh

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Plato

read the excerpt from act 1 of the monsters are due on maple street. steve the two of us can go, charlie. (he turns to look back at the car) it couldn’t be the meteor. a meteor couldn’t do this. he and charlie exchange a look then they start to walk away from the group. what do the stage directions tell the reader about steve’s and charlie’s point of view? they do not want to leave their homes and walk into town. they suspect something strange may be going on. they know what caused the flash of light but do not want to say it. they are angry at the group of people for making them leave.

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