Read these sentences and answer the question that follow.

the girl spent the day at the beach.
the girl forgot to bring sunscreen.
the girl was badly sunburned.
the girl could not go to the beach the next day.

which of these best combines the ideas in the group of sentences above to make an interesting sentence? (5 points)

a. even though she did not put on sunscreen, the girl spent the whole day at the beach and could not go back the next day.
b. the girl could not spend the whole day at the beach because, without sunscreen, she was badly sunburned the next day.
c. the girl was badly sunburned after spending the day at the beach without sunscreen, so she could not go back to the beach the next day.
d. the next day at the beach, the girl was badly sunburned because she forgot to put on sunscreen.

i think it is choice a.

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late he was right on time. question 12 options: (a)correct as it is (b)the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late, he was right on time. (c)the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late; and he was right on time. (d)the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late: he was right on time.