Act I is important to the dramatic action of the play because it introduces a conflict — within Atlanta over whether she should hold a race within Atlanta over whether and whom she should marry between Atlanta and the young men of Athens over who is the fastest between Atlanta and Chloe over who should finish the wedding gown

sing because that is what they are doing in the sentence

explanation:

the simple predicate is the main verb in the predicate that tells what the subject does. example: my father fixed the dryer. read each sentence. draw a line under the complete predicate.

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.