Which of the following is a sentence fragment? a. knowing he would be late, she took a nap. b. realizing you are getting older is sobering. c. checking his mail each day was always fun. d. hiding in the tree fort he had built as a kid.

Read the presentation assignment. the intended audience for this presentation is a group of research four in-state colleges. learn about each school including its location and population. then gather information about the courses of study offered at each school. you should also collect other interesting facts, such as school colors, mascots, and athletic offerings. you will present a speech to your classmates that explains your findings, and we will save the results. this information will be of great value in the next few years. college professors. college students high school teachers. high school students.

Read the excerpts from part 3 of "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." a rising sheet of water curved over him, fell down upon him, blinded him, strangled him! the cannon had taken a hand in the game. as he shook his head free from the commotion of the smitten water he heard the deflected shot humming through the air ahead, and in an instant it was cracking and smashing the branches in the forest beyond. *** a whiz and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream. the baffled cannoneer had fired him a random farewell. he sprang to his feet, rushed up the sloping bank, and plunged into the forest. *** as he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence! what function does the motif of the cannon serve throughout the story? the cannon continually pushes farquhar to continue his journey through his dream and back to reality. the cannon encourages farquhar to investigate whether his escape was a dream or reality. the cannon reminds farquhar that time is subjective and encourages him to move quickly in order to reach his home. the cannon represents farquhar’s romantic dream that he escaped his execution and will return home.

Explain the effect of the juxtaposition of the following lines that serve as a beginniing to the new section that begins on page nine: anguish. german soldiers-with their steel helmets and their deaths-head emblem. still, our first impressions of the germans were rather reassuring.