read the sentence.

he painted scenes of the wild west.

which word or phrase is the complete subject?

He is the correct answer.

Remeber that in any sentence, the person or thing that is doing the action or being described is the subject. Each verb must have one subject, in this case the verb is painted, so we can ask: Who or what painted? He is the only possible answer. A subject can't be part of a prepositional phrase.

A complete subject is formed by the person or thing doing the verb plus the modifiers. In this case, there are no modifiers.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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