Read this excerpt from "Birdfoot's Grampa.” The old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and gather into his hands the small toads blinded by our lights and leaping, live drops of rain. Why does the author most likely describe the toads as "leaping, live drops of rain”?

A)to show how wet they are

B)to prove they are unimportant

C)to indicate they are worthy of respect

D)to demonstrate how small they are

THE ANSWER IS C)to indicate they are worthy of respect, I JUST DID THE TEST TRUST ME.

C)to indicate they are worthy of respect

Explanation:

The reason why the author most likely describe the toads as "leaping, live drops of rain” was simply to show that the toads are worthy of respect.

The toads were blinded by the lights and the author was trying to show that they were important and should be respected.

yes you could be a life guard if that the question.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.