2. Dependent (subordinate)
<span>1. Samantha tried to look impassive when they announced her essay as a finalist in the competition. - impassive means not to show any feelings, so <u>unemotional </u>is the correct answer
2. </span><span>Mr. Bradford lunged at his wedding ring as it fell into the vortex of the bathtub drain. - vortex is when a liquid is rotating around its center, which means that the correct answer is <u>whirlpool</u>
3. </span><span>Sarah’s mother mollified her screaming baby by giving her a teddy bear to hold. - to mollify means to appease, which means that the correct answer is <u>calmed</u>
4. This question is incomplete so I cannot answer it</span>
I’d say:
I had a hard time deciding whether to write an essay about the works of “Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, Gwendolyn Brooks” because the rest of the punctuations doesn’t make sense.
But actually it should be:
I had a hard time deciding whether to write an essay about the works of Eudora Welty, Joan Didion, and Gwendolyn Brooks.
(Without the quotation marks and inclusion the word “and” before “Gwendolyn”)
An informative text is the author's purpose for writing. An author of an informative text is trying to inform their reader about a certain topic.
<h3>What are the informative text?</h3>
In an informational textual content, the author's reason is to tell the reader approximately a selected topic. An informational textual content differs from a persuasive textual content, wherein the author's reason is to steer the reader of his or her opinion, or factor of view.
- The author's point answer the why question.
- Authors use explanation to answer what or when questions.
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Labor-saving devices are inventions that reduce the time and effort needed to perform or complete a task. Farm equipment, home appliances and construction equipment are examples of mechanical inventions that save time and physical labor.
