My teacher heaped praise on me for my research project about the civil rights movement
Your answer is <u>praise.</u> In order to select the correct option, you should determine which word category is required in the blank to be filled in. The verb "to heap" means "to direct a great deal of praise, abuse at someone or something". That is why your answer is <u>praise</u>.
"To prey" means "to hunt and kill for food" and "to pray" means "to direct a prayer to God or another deity". Finally, "praize" is the "eye dialect spelling of praise".