1) which of the following is not a true statement about central ideas? a) central ideas include details from a specific text. b)central idea is not always stated; sometimes it must be inferred. c) central ideas are only found in literary works. d)central ideas could be considered a 1-sentence summary of the text. 2)what is indirect characterization? a) when a character indirectly says something to another character to begin the conflict of the narrative. b) when the conflict of the text is not clearly resolved but is indirectly brought to closure through a cliff-hanger. c) actions or things said by a character that give the reader information to make inferences about a character. d) the explicit description an author gives about the character in the exposition.

Which sentence contains a gerund? sally is fishing on the lake with her father and brothers. marcus is supposed to be joining the discussion later today. my cat was not interested in the dangling string. her chorus director does not appreciate angela's fidgeting.

You are reading an informational text for english class, and you find a lot of words you don't know. your teacher says you don't need to look up all of them in the dictionary, only the ones you need to get the main point of the text. how could text features you figure out which words to look up?

Read the passage from a vindication of the rights of woman. that the society is formed in the wisest manner, whose constitution is founded on the nature of man, strikes, in the abstract, every thinking being so forcibly, that it looks like presumption to endeavour to bring forward proofs; though proof must be brought, or the strong hold of prescription will never be forced by reason; yet to urge prescription as an argument to justify the depriving men (or women) of their natural rights, is one of the absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense. does wollstonecraft maintain an objective tone in the passage? yes, because she uses objective language such as “society is formed in the wisest manner.” yes, because she uses objective language such as “it looks like presumption to endeavor.” no, because she uses subjective language such as “though proof must be brought, or the strong hold.” no, because she uses subjective language such as “absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.”