Read this excerpt from an article about the history of skateboarding. skateboarding was invented in the late 1950s. surfers wanted a way to practice their sport even when there were no waves to ride, so they nailed roller skate wheels to wooden boards and began “surfing” sidewalks. what does this event reveal about the individuals it describes? a. they were gifted. b. they were creative. c. they were desperate. d. they were uninspired.

Me read the letter. dear aunt mary, you for the wonderful painting. you are so talented! i was thrilled that you chose to paint horses. you must have remembered that i was crazy about horses when i was a little kid—and i still love them. i have hung the painting in my room so that i can see it every morning when i wake up. your loving niece, celia what makes this letter appropriate for its intended audience? it is written from the third-person point of view. it is concise and impersonal. its sentence structure is varied. its language is informal.

Which words indicate a text is written i the first-person? a. she, her, hers b. they, them, theirs c. he, him, his d. i, me, my

What is the victorian theme in the poem “beautiful city” by alfred, lord tennyson? beautiful city, the centre and crater of european confusion, o you with your passionate shriek for the rights of an equal humanity, how often your re-volution has proven but e-volution roll’d again back on itself in the tides of a civic insanity! a. civil unrest b. revolution c. confusion d. social justice