was light coming through the trees. was hope in it. was a great joy to get the news of our team’s victory. was a celebration ahead.
was a joy written all over her face. was no sham.
could be anybody. was difficult to see through the mist.
was nobody in the house. could be no mistake about it.
was not much to be added, and was a relief.
was too much to be said about him, and was felt by everybody present.
is another letter from Polly, isn’t fine?
was another of his letters, and was a lot of bitterness expressed there.
is about ten already. is time to start. is all the time we need. is no need to hurry.

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Which passage is the best example of deductive reasoning? a. aaron wants to try something new for lunch. he asks his coworkers what they like and then decides where to eat b. everyone in mr. kim’s class got an a on the test. casey is in mr. kim’s class, so he must have received an a on the test. c. petra sees that all the kids at her school walk home. tomorrow she will tell her mother she doesn’t need a ride home. d. saul is buying a present for his sister. he asks his mother for suggestions and then goes to the mall to find something.

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”

Make a list of 5 things you need and 5 things that you want