Read the sentence. Which revision best uses dialogue to improve the
sentence?
I told them how surprised and excited I was to have my
painting selected, especially since I'd felt so incompetent
at the beginning and I knew the competition was so
ruthless
O "Yup, it was a big surprise," I told them. "I'm excited
that my painting was selected! Especially since I felt so
incompetent at the beginning and the competition was
so ruthless."
O "Honestly, I was surprised," I told them truthfully. "The
competition was ruthless, and I felt incompetent at the
beginning. It's really exciting to have my painting
selected!
O "I'm in! My painting is in! I feel a fist pump and a little
dance coming on," I said, grinning. I thought about how
I felt so incompetent at the beginning because of the
ruthless competition.
O "Did you hear?" I asked them. "My painting got
selected! Exciting, right?" I smiled. "Especially given
that I felt so incompetent at the beginning and that the

Read the passage from animal farm. one sunday morning squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs. napoleon had accepted, through whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week. the price of these would pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going till summer came on and conditions were easier. when the hens heard this, they raised a terrible outcry. they had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary, but had not believed that it would really happen. they were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder. for the first time since the expulsion of jones, there was something resembling a rebellion. led by three young black minorca pullets, the hens made a determined effort to thwart napoleon's wishes. their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor. napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly. he ordered the hens' rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. the dogs saw to it that these orders were carried out. for five days the hens held out, then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes. nine hens had died in the meantime. their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis. whymper heard nothing of this affair, and the eggs were duly delivered, a grocer's van driving up to the farm once a week to take them away. which detail from the passage supports the claim that this is an allegory for the great purge? the hens holding out for five days but capitulating the eggs being delivered to the grocer the protesting hens being intentionally starved coccidiosis spreading on the farm

Look at this dictionary entry: realize (ree-uh-lyz) v. to become completely aware of (something) as a fact; understand without a doubt to make (something desired or anticipated) occur to give real, definite or physical form to a plan, dream, or goal to earn (money or a profit) from a deal which sentence uses the word realize as it is described in the fourth definition? a. mike realized the gravity of the situation only when dalia explained it to him. b. only hard work and perseverance can people realize their dreams. c. he felt that his vision was realized when he finished reading the final draft of the narrative. d. fay's glass paintings are expected to realize a handsome profit. e. dan will realize his goal of going to an ivy league school only if he works hard.

According to the article about rita doves poem what do hades and demeter have in common