After the discussion, what does the author of "On Writing Well" feel the students have learned about writing?
That writing well is something only a few people can do correctly.
In this chapter Francisco's new brother is born, and contacts a deadly disease, but miraculously survives
I think it’s D!
In a sentence using passive voice, the subject is acted upon; he or she receives the action expressed by the verb. The agent performing the action may appear in a "by the..." phrase or may be omitted. The dog is acting upon the sentence subject (the boy), meaning it uses the passive voice.
Answer:
A. He builds tension before revealing that the flag is still standing
Explanation:
When he wrote his poem, "Defence of Fort M'Henry," in which he described the events of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key had just witnessed the attack on Fort McHenry. In his poem, Key described the dreary and exciting atmosphere of the attack first before he revealed to the reader that despite it all, the flag was still standing. This developed the glory of the American flag in his poem because he was kind of saying that despite all the British's best attempts, the Americans' glorious flag was still there.
