Suppose you’re having an especially hard time with the word courteous. What would be the best strategy for remembering how to spell the word courteous? A. Consult a dictionary or other reference.
B. Find the smaller words inside the word to help you remember the spelling.
C .Use the saying, “When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.”
D. Pronounce the word in your mind by exaggerating each letter or syllable.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

In about one hundred words, discuss two ways through which an author can show how a theme develops. consider how themes reveal culture.

Write what kind or how many for each adjective.