30 POINTS 1.What kind of word would be appropriate for a formal essay? a contraction

slang or jargon

one-syllable

challenging

2.To articulate your thoughts and ideas effectively, what should you understand about expressing them?

formal

discussion

context

informal

Read the excerpt from heart of a samurai. the water was so clear, he could see straight to the bottom. a snail was making a path like a shiny ribbon slowly unfurling on the sand. what does the author use the most precise words to describe in the excerpt? the water’s movement the water the snail the snail’s path

Fill in the blanks mommy told the kids, who promised they up their rooms by lunch, that they would go to the park. a would cleanb cleanedc have cleaned

What functions as a reflexive pronoun in the sentence the professor herself wanted to attend the conference, but it was cancelled when she and several other presenters had to excuse themselves