Answer: Precooked rice means "rice that has already been cooked".
Explanation: The word "precooked" has been formed with the prefix "pre-", the root "cook" and the suffix "-ed". On the one hand, the prefix<u> "pre-" is used to express that something takes place before or earlier in time</u>, while <u>"-ed" i</u>s the suffix used <u>to form the past tense of regular verbs in English</u>. Taking this into account,<u> it can be figured out that "precooked rice" means rice that has been cooked beforehand or earlier in time,</u> that is to say it makes reference to <u>rice that has already been cooked and that only needs to be heated. </u>
I believe the answer would be apathy because it sounds like she did not care about school any more. She did not even bring a backpack or paper. Hope you have a nice day.
The purpose of using dashes in this excerpt is to set off an appositive sentence that contains commas. An appositive sentence is a structure that offers further information on something mentioned before it. Appositives can usually be set off by commas but, when they are long and present commas in their own structure, they are set off by dashes.
In the excerpt we are studying here, the appositive "-so-called because they used to, like, DECLARE things to be true, okay, as opposed to other things are, like, totally, you know, not-" is a very long one and full of commas. It is supposed to offer further information on what declarative sentences are.