Read the paragraph. The icy slope stretched before Jake, its surface glinting in the blindingly bright sunlight. Jake dropped into a crouch and tried to pretend that
all would go well, visualizing himself gliding down the hill with a deft professional grace Instead of skidding along like an accident prone amateur.
Which two words from the paragraph should have a hyphen between them?
1. Icy slope
2. bright sunlight
3. deft professional
4. accident prone

The basketball crashed against the backboard, and point guard sheena lunged for it. as she snatched the ball out of mid-air, the crowd cheered, chanting encouragement for her team, the monarchs. so far, the game had been a disaster. with 15 seconds left to go in the final quarter, the monarchs were 2 points shy of victory. what main idea do the details in the passage suggest? the point guard sheena was not a very good player. the monarchs had never lost a basketball game. the monarchs were worried about losing. the crowd was not supporting the monarchs.

Read the sentence. bose ikard, a former slave, managed one of the largest thriving ranches in texas. which is the verb of the sentence? managed thriving a former slave bose ikard

When mrs. jameson says "it (the desert) won't leave you cold," what does she mean?