Answer:
The little boy was always <u>mischievous,</u> even though some thought his antics <u>humorous</u>, they were down right mean. His mother was always too busy providing for them with her three jobs that she was almost never around to teach him that his <u>continuous </u>actions were frowned upon in society. He listened to nobody, and thought himself alone in the world. As the little boy grew older, he was <u>courageous</u> enough to wrestle with an alligator, and <u>jealous</u> enough to almost kill someone in a fight. It was obvious his years of motherly neglect brought him down this path, and at this point in his life, nobody cared enough to pull him back.
Explanation:
Answer:
a. There is one example of a passive voice in the draft. The passive voice is used in sentences 1.
b. There is only one state-of-being word in the draft. It is in sentence 8. In sentence 8, it explains how important workplace fitness is.
c. Sentence 7 contains an expletive. It is the phrase "don't hesitate to." The sentence could have been written as "Please, contact me with any questions," without the expletive.
Explanation:
a. Passive voice: In a passive voice, the action is performed on the subject, who receives the action, while in an active voice, the subject performs the action.
b. State-of-being verbs: are linking verbs that identify who or what a noun is or was. They include "is," "am," "be," "been," "being," "was," "were," and "are."
c. Expletive is an empty word or phrase that conveys no additional or independent meaning.
Answer:
provides a visual and emotional contrast to the Brixton riot scenes
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott, the author describes the fairy tale of a child's antique England which includes fairy rings, thatched cottages, and green gales shows.
The allusion to the country province of Warwickshire provides a visual and emotional contrast to the Brixton riot scenes
