Answer:
to illustrate how much Alfonso cares about outward appearances
Explanation:
Soto most likely described Alfonso's attention to his bike and his teeth at the same time to show that he cared too much about outward appearances.
From the excerpt, Alfonso is described as balancing his bike on the handlebars and seat and cleaning the spokes with a sock and at the same time, he pressed a knuckle to his teeth until it tingled which shows that he cared about the appearance of his bike and teeth. Alfonso shows great attention to detail in both cases because he likely cares about his outward appearance.
"Has been waiting" should be your answer. a simple predicate is the verb or verb phrase in the sentence and it usually tells what the subject does.
Howl because ing is a suffix.
Answer:
C, at the beginning
Explanation:
Though it's not impossible, you will almost NEVER see exposition anywhere except the beginning of the story. The definition of exposition is "setting up the world of the story", so the answer is the only option that sets up the story. Every other answer happens after the world has already been set up, so they cannot be the exposition
