You can use what you know about cause and effect to make predictions as you read. Think through what could result from a character’s actions. As you read, be on the lookout for effects, and see if your prediction was correct. Read the following passage.

Branson looked around the dark and dusty basement. It would be a challenge to make such a threatening space look welcoming. He knew he had a lot of work to do. He reached for an old packet of balloons and blew one up...only to have it pop. He took another one out of the bag and blew into it. Again, pop! Branson grabbed the third balloon and blew into it.

Which of the following events will most likely happen next?

A
The basement will flood.

B
Branson will bake a cake.

C
The balloon will pop.

D
The balloon will lift Branson off the floor.

Read the paragraph. [1] this year, the linden high school debate team is bigger than ever. [2] neither the students nor the faculty advisor has much experience, but it’s a smart, capable, argumentative group! [3] we’ve tried to make a schedule that allows us to study, prepare, and scrimmage. [4] only one of us are able to practice on thursdays or fridays, which can be inconvenient. [5] even so, we feel prepared and excited for this year’s tournaments. [6] our first debate is on october 10th, and we are excited that it is so soon. which two sentences have subject-verb agreement errors? sentence 2 and sentence 4 sentence 2 and sentence 1 sentence 3 and sentence 5 sentence 4 and sentence 6

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Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs: among the ladies who were acquainted with my grandmother, was one who had known her from childhood, and always been very friendly to her. she had also known my mother and her children, and felt interested for them. at this crisis of affairs she called to see my grandmother, as she not unfrequently did. she observed the sad and troubled expression of her face, and asked if she knew where linda was, and whether she was safe. my grandmother shook her head, without answering. "come, aunt martha," said the kind lady, "tell me all about it. perhaps i can do something to you." which of these important concepts uncommon to abolitionist literature does jacobs depict in the excerpt? 1. some kind white characters were included in slave narratives so that northerners would not be offended. 2. southern society was complex and diverse with both good and bad people unlike northern stereotypes showed. 3. many kind slave owners and their slaves developed deep friendships. 4. most whites and blacks lived in harmony in the south and made efforts to each other. a. 1 and 4 b. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 2 d. 2 and 3