All of these sentences, especially "<span>C. Gail fell down the steps because she tripped on her untied shoelace" use the word "down" as an adverb since they all use "down" to describe the direction of the fall. </span>
Answer:
the first one and the last one
Explanation:
The author uses anecdotes by making use of short histories which show important discoveries
<u>Explanation:</u>
The story "luck favored the prepared" shows the various important discoveries that have been done by the various scientists which have helped the scientists to improve the life of the people and the discoveries have had a great impact on the life of the people.
The author gives some short stories in the history about the important discoveries to prove his point and also tells about the importance of hard work and the efforts put in by the people.
No, because it can be in a serious sense like "They had a sunny day at the beach" but in a mocking tone like "The day was sunny, mocking me at the loss of my wife in that fire, one year ago today"