Choose an alternative transition that makes sense in the place of the underlined transition in this excerpt.
Read this excerpt from an argumentative essay.
The importance of national parks to American morale
should not be underestimated. Most Americans feel a
certain pride when they discuss the beauty and historical
significance of these national treasures. For many
Americans, the Rocky Mountains, for example, are
massive in size, offer a majestic landscape, and
symbolize the American frontier spirit
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the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun:

people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.

consonance, it has the repetition of the consonants in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds.

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