A passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract. 2. to take or select (a passage) from a book, film, or the like; extract. 3. to take or select passages<span> from (a book, film, or the like); abridge by choosing representative sections.</span>
Answer:
D
Explanation:
Process of elimination:
A: The food mentioned in the fact is not necessarily processed.
B: The fact does not mention the health of children's teeth.
C: This is too general, and Anton's research was of children and food.
D: This has to do with both children and food, and is specific enough to be correct.
The sentence that uses commas and quotation marks correctly is
D. "You will need a jacket," Nate said, "if you're going outdoors."
<span>A. is wrong because there should be quotation mark after (jacket,) and also a quotation mark before (if)
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<span>B. is wrong because there should be a comma after (jacket)
C. is wrong because there should be quotation mark after (jacket,) and a comma after (said)</span>
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In "Mending Wall", by Robert Frost, the person who questions the necessity of the fence is the narrator. The narrator is not sure whether to mend the fence or not, but his neighbor repeats his father's words and traditions 'Good fences make good neighbors'. He thinks that mending the wall is being practical and doesn't want to hear the narrator's opinion against its utility.
The answer is A. Mercedes threw Andrea, Mercedes' best friend, a surprise party last night. This choice uses an appositive ("Andrea, Mercedes' best friend,") to combine the two sentences. An appositive is a phrase separated from the rest of the sentence by commas that describes something (in this case Andrea).
Choices B and C are incorrect because the uses of the words "but" and "when" to combine the sentences do not make logical sense. Choice D is incorrect because it uses a comma to combine the sentences without a conjunction, creating a run-on sentence.
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