The competitors in the long jump event were daunted by the performance of Kevin Jones. (A) Kevin Jones was the best participant in the long jump event.
(B) No one expected to do better than Kevin Jones in the long jump.
(C) The long jump event daunted all the competitors except Kevin Jones. (D) Since Kevin Jones jumped so well the other competitors in the event were discouraged

Read this excerpt from “what i hope to leave behind.” for a number of years it took so much vitality to keep the home going, and that home represented so many different kinds of activities, that none of us had any urge to go outside of this sphere. if “what i hope to leave behind” was the subject of a class discussion, why might paraphrasing this sentence be ? you could analyze the key themes while also staying true to the original language. you could summarize the key ideas, which would shorten the length of the excerpt. you could use your own ideas and concepts, which would add important information. you could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.

Read this description of a detail from the movie i am legend. a scientist is the last man alive in a post-apocalyptic new york, where zombies have taken over and destroyed most of the population. about ten minutes into the film, the man thinks back to how the zombie creatures came to be, and how at one point he had a wife and child. which type of suspense technique did the screenwriter use? dramatic irony flashback foreshadowing special effects

What central idea does this passage develop? the impact of fate the integrity of leaders the ruthlessness of power the importance of friendship