Man: Okay parents listen up! Wrap a bunch of empty boxes and put them under your tree. When your kids are acting bad throw one of them in the fire!
Mom: But what do I do when I run out of kids...
Man:
Answer: its b) a noun phrase
Explanation: i completed the question and it told me that it was right.
Answer:
The setting of this novel is suburb is where the place seemed dangerous and chaotic and the violence could happen anytime. Therefore, the family builds extra-security in case if there is an intruder in their home. Eventually paranoia will lead to the tragedy when their very son got accident.
Explanation:
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Answer:
Words and their context clues:
precocious → skilled at the age of three
flabbergasted → blown away
dexterity → the ease with which she uses her hands
gloated → took pride in her paintings
agape → mouth wide open
Definition of the words:
precocious → to develop at an early age
flabbergasted → greatly surprised
dexterity → skillfulness in using the hands
gloated → to relish or dwell pleasantly on one's success or misfortunes.
agape → very wide open
Explanation:
From the above, I have been able to write out the context clues that helpus to understand the underlined words.
These context clues can be seen in the passage if carefully studied.
Also, I went ahead to give their meanings/definitions.