Possibly, the word needed to fill the blank and complete the
sentence would be ‘overall’, which means the ‘added’ or the ‘totaled’ let’s say
score of a certain aspect. The sentence would be:
The overall combined score moved the competitor to the top of
the scoreboard.
The sentence means that the competitor or candidate, possibly
in a contest of example, sports have different scores and when added, the total
score put the person (the competitor) atop everyone else during the
competition.
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The sentence that is punctuated correctly and has correct capitalization is: "Have you ever seen a shooting star?" asked Terry. This is the sentence that is correctly punctuated because the rule in quoting a question sentence is applied correctly. A question mark should be put inside the quotation marks. If a question mark is used, it is no longer necessary to put a comma.
#1) How does the voice affect the characterization and credibility of the text?
Answer: The way that the voice affect the characterization of the text is by giving the story a humorous tone. Also it affects the credibility of the text by overreacting and exaggerating which as a result makes the text not much credible.
I hope it helps, Regards.