Read this sentence and answer the question below:

Jay Gatsby's tricked-out lifestyle comes at a terrible cost; he loses his principles, Daisy, and then his life.

What word, if substituted for tricked-out, would best elevate the sentence to a formal tone?

A. Extravagant

B. Gangster

C. Flashy

D. Showy

Which line from “a simple way to create suspense” best supports the central idea that writers should not give their readers answers too quickly? a. the reader learns to chase, and the momentum becomes unstoppable. b. so writers are taught to focus on ingredients and their combination. c. we had to invent a solution to the serious problem it posed. d. thus the principle works in a micro sense, as well as in a macro one.

The last part of the beowulf excerpt recounts how grendel flees into the darkness after suffering a fatal would from beowulf. what part of freytags pyramid best fits this section of the story

What is the most likely reason schlosser uses a direct quotation in this example excerpt from fast food nation