Barry looked over the wrecked house, and then his gaze fixed on his niece who stood there as innocent as an angel except for the
red paint covering her face, hands, and the walls. "I can't believe all the mess you caused in ten minutes, and I was just in the other room," he said to her trying his best to keep his voice at an even keel. How should Barry's response be punctuated to show that he is so angry that he cannot think straight?
A. "I can't believe . . . all the mess . . . you caused in ten minutes . . . and I was just in the other room," he said to her trying his best to keep his voice at an even keel.
B. "I can't believe; all the mess you caused in ten minutes, and I was just in the other room," he said to her trying his best to keep his voice at an even keel.
C. "I can't believe, all the mess, you caused, in ten minutes, and I was just in the other room . . . ," he said to her trying his best to keep his voice at an even keel. D. "I can't believe all the mess you caused! In ten minutes! And I was! Just in the other room," he said to her trying his best to keep his voice at an even keel.
I believe the answer is D since it is using exclamation marks , which is used to show astonishment or anger the person is feeling. I hoped this helped.
"I can't believe . . . all the mess . . . you caused in ten minutes . . . and I was just in the other room," he said to her trying his best to keep his voice at an even keel.
<em>The goal of explaining why the majority of Indians stayed in the colonies </em>is the goal the passage addresses.
" ....it offered a new life ..... the authorities began to make a new offer to Indian workers...." The indians could get a small plot of land , if they grew sugar there.
According to the details in the fables, rabbits are clever animals who are good at getting into and out of trouble. They use their intelligence to escape from other animals and defend themselves by living in places like briar patch