Choose a vowel sound (A, E, I, O, U, Y). Write a silly, “tongue-twister” paragraph using that letter sound as many times as you can. Create a character (like Bad Vlad or Silly Billy) whose name includes that vowel sound, and then tell a funny story about them. Try writing words with more than one syllable — a rhyming dictionary can help.

You've located three books on a topic you're researching for an essay. the first thing you should do in determining if any of these books will be useful is a. study the table of contents carefully in each book. b. inspect each book jacket for notes about the author. c. browse each book from front to back. d. examine the index of each book.