“hey pat! great to see you! ” boomed terrence, catching sight of pat. “yeah,” pat said without enthusiasm. “anything wrong pat? you seem kind of quiet.” “no, i’m fine…well—i’m late to class,” replied pat. what is this conversation an example of? the writer telling the character’s thoughts through action the writer explaining the character’s feelings through narration the writer showing the motivation of the characters through dialog the writer showing the relationship of the characters through dialog

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.