What is the function of the colon in the sentence below.

He seemed to have everything a person could wish for: a lovely home, devoted family, and good health.

In the excerpt from the Stone Fox, why is little willy confident about crossing the frozen lake when others won't attempt it?

Which sentence is the best addition for the end of Paragraph 1, based on meaning and style? When the amusing canine reclines in slumber, those pliable appendages are perpendicular to the cranial surface.

When searching for the connotation of the words in "The caged bird" the reader should study The literal, dictionary meaning of the word. The feeling or idea associated with the word. The thing that the word is being compared to.

When a sentence has a compound subject connected by the coordinating conjunction and or the correlative conjunctions both ... and, the verb should be plural. True False

Find the antecedent of the relative pronoun (who, which, or that) in each sentence. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence. 1. Arizona is one cotton-producing region that ___ not lose crops to the boll weevil. A. does B. do 2.

Conventions of English 11:Question 5 Read the following sentence: Lyme disease is named for Lymė, Connecticut, where the tick borne illness was first identified in 1975.

Can you use the word AND when adding an adverbs to a sentence?

Which one of the following sentence contains an abstract noun? A) The vase was quite expensive B) Logic is easily understood. C) His skill was legendary. D) She handed him the dishtowel

How Do you know which is the simile and the comparison

Write a paragraph about one of beowulfs personality