Read the passage above and answer the questions below. Will give BRAINLIST!! 9. Read the following statements and choose the one that best demonstrates the tone from question 8.

a. “But I don’t think so much about it anymore, I just do it” (ln 21).!

b. “Some people ask me if it feels like when you’re on a roller coaster” (ln 33). !

c. “Only surfers get it: the rush, the addiction, the way it stirs your heart, plays with your heart, and tortures your body” (ln 2).!

d. “But strong as you are, sometimes nature is smarter, stronger, and tougher” (ln 26).!

10. Fill in the blanks with the best choice for this sentence: Bethany Hamilton surfs because _.

a. She enjoys doing a sport no one else can quite understand. !

b. She has to keep surfing to prove that she is the best. !

c. She surfs because of the adrenaline and the addiction. !

d. She is a surfer because to surf is to experience a force that moves you body and soul.

Consider these text features from chapter 1 of wheels of change by sue macy. as the demand for bicycles grew in the 1890s, so did the demand for accessories—such as bells, locks, and lamps—and repairs. this photograph shows the joseph h. ferodowill bicycle repair shop in st. paul, minnesota, in 1899. this photo and caption enhance the book’s information about .

Me 31) what is the best definition of the word ventured as it is used in the final sentence of paragraph 1? with high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. a) desired b) c) justified d) risked 32) with malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as god gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations. lincoln uses the last paragraph of his speech a) to emphasize the atrocities of war. b) to show his concern for all nations. c) to ask for more support for the war. d) to describe his visions for the nation's rebirth. 33) now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. which is the best definition for expiration as it is used in the selected sentence? a) emission of breath b) ceasing to be in effect c) the act of breathing out d) the emission of volatile matter from the earth's atmosphere 34) the almighty has his own purposes. ‘woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.’ what is the meaning of the word offenses as used in the first line of the fifth paragraph? a) breaking the law b) attack or assault c) causing injury, causing harm or hurt d) sin; wrongdoing against someone else

Which of the following statements is a claim of definition?