all of the above, because if you volunteered to read the passage to the class, then you would still need to do the work. And if you are listening you have to listen for those main ideas and such, and speaking is pretty much the same as reading.
Adjectives are words that describe other words. They often give details about how something feels or looks. They can also give details about where something comes from (the origin of the thing) or how long something lasts or the length of something.
In the sentence "The American had long standing love for African birds", long and African are adjectives because they are describing other words, specifically the nouns in the sentence.
Long describes the length of the American's love. African describes the origin of the birds since they are from Africa. The other words in the sentence are not adjectives.
<span>the way the author conveys themes to the audience through words" is the best option from the list, but it should be noted that there are many other components as well. </span>
The best paraphrase for the first paragraph is:
"After school, Jade tells her cousin Karla to try out for the step team"
This is mainly what the first paragraph is concerned with.