Use context to determine the correct meaning of the word "state" in the sentence. Listening to several people talk at once left Jerrod in a state of confusion. What does the word "state" mean in the sentence?

Which two words have the same root? A. layman; manual B. sentiment; resent C. querulous; inquest D. nation; ovation

Read this excerpt from "I Have a Dream" and answer the question. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now.

Select the correctly capitalized and punctuated sentence. The womens' voices reached their mothers-in-law. The women's voices reached their mothers-in-law.

Who says the following and why? "We know all the pains that the Greeks and Trojans once endured on the spreading plain of Troy when the gods willed it so - all that comes to pass on the fertile earth, we know it all!

What does parallel structure do for sentences?

what does the phrase "there are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with cream" mean as used in paragraph 12, and how does it relate to the story's meaning?

How does the relationship between abigail and elizabeth proctor affect the outcome of the crucible?

Which choice is a run-on sentence? A lion can run faster than a greyhound or a fox. Some tortoises are huge, you can ride on them. Bald eagles build nests of branches; the nest may weigh tons.

Which sentence contains a dependent clause? At the end of his presidency, Madison saw the merit of some of Hamilton's ideas about the American financial system.

Which of the following best describes how languages behave over time? a. languages change too frequently for new words to become accepted as normal. b. over time, any given word can disappear from a language or acquire a new meaning. c.