The answers that would complete the sentences are as follows:
Jose reads the daily paper. This uses the present form of the verb because it denotes a habit. Earl can't go to the game today. This is the contraction of the words can and not. Mia said the movie was good. The past form of the verb is used because the action has been completed. Jeff needs the letter mailed. This sentence uses the -ed form of the verb, but functions as an adjective which describes the noun letter.
John is pre-writing because it is the 1st stage in the writing process.
FIGURES OF SPEECH
» Allusion: A reference to something else, such as a work of literature, specifically Declaration of Independence.
» Metaphor: A comparison of two different things that show how they're the same; they do NOT use the words 'like' or 'as'.
» Personification: A type of metaphor in which nonliving and nonhuman things are given human characteristics/abilities.
» Simile: A comparison of two different things that use the words 'like' or 'as' to show how they're similar.
» Hyperbole: Figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis.
» Irony: A figure of speech in which words convey the opposite of their literal meaning of a situation contrary to what one would expect.
» Paradox: A statement that appears to contradict itself but can be true.
ABSOLUTE PHRASE
» An absolute phrase is a descriptive phrase that modifies an entire clause.
<h2>noun + participle + other modifiers</h2>
<span>C.Because she is ashamed of her own actions and afraid of her father</span>
