The strategy that would most improve Laurel’s statement to make it more conventional is option D) “Change the phrase "shooting the breeze" because it is too informal and cannot be understood literally.” When speaking to her new neighbors about babysitting their daughter, Laurel needs to adapt her language to her audience, in this case adults, in order to express her ideas in a way that everybody understands. The rest of the options are incorrect since the language used is not informal and does not interfere with the understanding of her message.
Answer: <u>a BALL</u>
Explanation:
<u>Direct object: a BALL</u>
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<u>To identify a direct object one asks "what" for the verb and the answer has no preposition to complete or answer this "what".</u>
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<u>subject:</u> kyle
<u>predicate:</u> threw a BALL to his dog.
<u>indirect object: </u> to his dog.
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Metaphor ...................
The leader of Communist Russia, Joseph Stalin, was paranoid of opposition. It was this paranoia that led to the Great Purge where millions of people were executed or sent to labor camps in Siberia.
