read this excerpt from holes
stanley's great-great-grandfather was named elya yelnats
he was born in latvia when he was fifteen years old he
fell in love with myra menke.
(he didn't know he was stanley's great-great-grandfather)
myra menke was fourteon she would turn fifteen in two
months, at which time her father had decided she should
be married
o
o. it makes it clear that stanley has never met or heard of
is great-great-grandfather
lt explains to the reader that elya was indeed stanley's
great-great-grandfather
• it is a funny way of pointing out that stanley and elya
are clearly not living at the same time
it is a silly way of letting the reader know that elya and
stanley are not really related to each other

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.

If this were a fictionalized account, instead of a memoir, which might be the opening sentence? a) i am not your prisoner. b) i find myself in prison. c) you have taken me prisoner. d) black hawk had been taken prisoner.

Swift’s satire that tells of three brothers’ coats is