Fill in each blank below with the Vocabulary word that best completes the analogy.
6. PESSIMISM : DEPRESSION :: OPTIMISM :
7. HEROIC : COWARDLY :: LAUDABLE :
8. WONDERFUL : BREATHTAKING :: TERRIBLE :
a. rigor
b. provision
c. grievous
d. lamentable
e. buoyancy
9. REQUIREMENT : OBLIGATION :: CONDITION :
10. SOFT : HARD :: FLEXIBILITY :

Based on the map, which arabian city will marco polo describe after kalhat if he continues northwest across the arabian sea?

Identify what is wrong with each italicized pronoun reference. carolyn sang higher than the other sopranos but she didn't support it properly. placed too far from antecedent no specific antecedent ambiguous reference

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house