1. read the sentence below and use context clues to determine the meaning of the word grousing:

your grousing about your current list of chores suggests you are unhappy with it.

what does grousing mean in this context?

boasting
complaining
inquiring
talking

2. which search term combination would most likely provide reliable facts for a research project on the costs of solar power?

solar power
solar power costs .gov
solar power design .com
solar power resources .org

3. which of the following sentences needs a comma to be correctly punctuated?

my mother writes and edits for a major publication.
my mother and my father edit a gardening magazine.
my mother writes for a magazine and my father edits novels.
my mother writes for a magazine that my father edits.

Peter is creative and excels with visual presentation he enjoys working in small groups and in an active environment which jobs would match his personality

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Why does koskoosh give up his fight with the wolves