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Answer: No, it is not a run-on sentence</h3>
This is one full thought that doesn't run on for too long. The "overcome with joy" portion is the dependent clause that needs the other part "Mrs. Monroe told her husband the exciting news about her promotion" which is the independent clause. The independent clause could be its own sentence without the dependent clause, but not the other way around.
Answers with Explanations:
1. Ned said, <em>"I just love working in the hot sun. When can we do it again?"</em>
Ned exclaimed the opposite of what he's actually feeling because, in reality, <em>he doesn't want to work under the hot sun.</em> By asking the question<em> "When can we do it again?,"</em> actually means that<u> he is not looking forward to another day to working in the hot sun.</u>
2. Billy Fisher was a minor character and remained one as an adult.
This statement actually meant that <em>Billy Fisher's importance in the story only remained as a minor one </em>and <u>he never progressed</u> until the he grew older into an adult.
3. Kara read that Tom Sawyer tricked the boys. What a good friend!" she remarked.
Kara actually meant that Tom Sawyer's tricking the boys was a <u>mischievous thing to do.</u> Thus, she stated in verbal irony that he was a <em>"good friend" </em>when, in fact, what he did wasn't good.
4. His friends none the wiser, Tom surveyed the results of his whitewashing.
Tom actually didn't do the whitewashing, it was Ben and the his other friends whom he lured into whitewashing as he told them it was an enjoyable thing to do. Being given the chance to do the whitewashing, Tom's friends gave him a prize in return.
The answer is:
Epstein, David. "Beat by an Underhand Girl." The Sports Gene. Penguin Group, 2013.
When writing references, the surname and name or initials of the author goes first. Next the title of the chapter within quotation marks, followed by the name of the book, publisher and year.
They just told me to answer a bunch of questions to get points best of luck tho!
