Answer: To entertain
Explanation:
This passage has a funny and humorous tone. Alonzo is describing that pizza is a good breakfast in one entertaining way while his mother is shocked.
He is explaining this to her in one entertaining and also ironic way because he knows that it is not good for breakfast but he is trying to be entertaining.
He is describing what thing pizza has and that those things are the same whether you eat it combined or separately.
The correct answer is:
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[A]: "a gerund phrase as the object of a preposition" .
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Note: This phrase is: "in serving others" .
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The gerund is: "serving" .
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The preposition is: "in" .
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<u>Answer:</u>
The theme of the story for the scarlet ibis is PRIDE.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The main theme of the story ‘’The Scarlet Ibis’’ by ‘’James Hurst’’ is Pride. Narrator’s Brother Doodle has a disability, so narrator is ashamed and embarrassed because of his brother. Such pride is harmful. He is so mean to his brother that he even thinks of killing him.
Instead of the encouraging his brother, he is ashamed of him and his own pride kills his brother. One day, they find a “scarlet ibis” in their yard. Since Doodle was sad, he buried it. During the storm when they were running back home, narrator ran ahead of his brother without caring about him. He got exhausted and died. He symbolises scarlet ibis who was buried.
Answer:
"Is it cheaper if I pump it myself"
