I'm not sure about number 1. Maybe: It was the happiest event.
2. The judge cautiously handed down her decision.
3. Mr. Majors was pressed hard to find an answer.
I can't exactly give you the answer, as I haven't had a chance to read through the material, however I can help you come to the answer yourself.
Using the text, can you identify three ways in which the characters were "rebellious" or were told to do something, but didn't?
Or you could provide examples of how they were different from society's standards in some way.
Using a random example of being different from society's standards: Some slaveowners would treat their slaves as other human beings who were equal to them, and would educate their slaves to help them have good lives. This was not the norm, as slaves were usually treated as less-than-human and were often forbidden to become educated. If a slave was found participating in school-like activities, the owners of the slave had the right to kill them. By educating slaves and treating them well, a slaveowner wouldn't be following the typical norm.
Organizing sentences around a central idea creates A SUPPORTING DETAILS.
Supporting details refers to those sentences that are used by the author to explain, clarify, describe, expand, illustrate and develop his main idea. Those sentences are usually made up of facts, statements and examples that enhance the understanding of the readers about the main idea.<span />
For the answer to the question above, Miley had a mare that the boys liked to call the "fifteen-minute nag." She seemed really old and slow, and she had asthma. She’d get a head start, then amble along until the end of the race, when she’d suddenly start bolting ahead like crazy, wheezing, until she would win, but barely.
