Ex: 1 Place a check in the blank next to each sentence whose main verb is a linking verb. Fiona is Irish.

1. Irish Americans are one of this country's largest immigrant groups.
2. About 40 million Americans claim Irish ancestry.
3. This total is almost ten times the number of people in the country of Ireland today.
4. Among the states with the largest number of Irish Americans are Massachusetts,
Delaware, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island,
5. Irish immigrants came to this country very early in its history.
6. Ireland was a country with a large population.
7. The large number of people caused a rise in the poverty level.
8. Many Irish felt hopeful about the endless job opportunities in America.
9. In 1845 a terrible potato famine struck Ireland.
10. The first big wave of Irish immigrants started in the 1840s.
11. Most Irish immigrants settled in the large cities of the Northeast.

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1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

invention of the washing machine

in the past, people used sticks and stones or scrub boards to clean their clothing. as it was sweaty, backbreaking work, we owe a world of to james king because he created the model for the modern washing machine in 1851. the most important issue was that this machine cleaned clothes while a person cranked the handle. doing this made people who used it develop strong muscles in their arms. later, in 1908, alva j. fisher created an electric washing machine named thor. this one was not the first automatic washing machine. however, it was one of the most popular models at the time.

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