Here are the correct answers that would best complete the given paragraph above:
-Once he arrived at the beach, <span>Jonathan sat on a boulder and watched his dog, Hoolihan, outrun the spilling waves and then chase them back to sea in an endless cycle of fun.
-</span>Soon another sound reached his ears, like an unexpected voice in a chorus; <span>the faint but unmistakable bleating of sheep.
-</span>To his horror, he saw dozens of sheep trying to hold their ground as they crept <span>closer and closer to the edge of the cliff. </span>
Answer:
The most concise way to combine these three sentences is:
d. Rumbling and low, the glittering cars come cruising up Broadway.
Explanation:
<u>Concise means brief. That is, we are supposed to find a way to convey the same message as the original sentences but with few words.</u>
First, we need to see what the sentences have in common, so that we can <u>eliminate repetition</u>. All three clearly speak of <u>"the cars"</u>, so we can <u>only mention that subject one</u>. Sentences 2 and 3 use the verb "are" followed by characteristics of the cars. <u>We can use those characteristics as adjectives, right before the subject, instead of as predicates. That way, we eliminate the excessive use of verbs in one sentence.</u> That is precisely what letter D does:
d. Rumbling and low, the glittering cars come cruising up Broadway.
Answer:
I'm sorry, I haven't read the book myself but I can help you with numbers 1 and 3.
#1: C, Personification. The wind cannot really be angry, so it is personification.
#3: C; To describe Billy's anger. This sentence is comparing his anger to the water boiling in "Mama's teakettle".
Again, sorry I can't answer the other ones. :/
Answer:
The pitcher is kind of anxious and with a lot of anticipation about winning, he's not so sure about throwing the right pitch, he wants to win but deeply somehow he feels the batter is better than him.
Therefore the best answer is the last one:
<em>"The pitcher thinks that the batter is much better than he is."</em>
