The answers are given here with short explanations :
Explanation:
Question 1:
<u>Erika considered his class good preparation for college.</u>
While the first sentence reveals she does not dislike him, this is a clear indication of her respect for him.
Question 2:
<u>Her B in Mr. Kelp's class was her lowest letter grade overall.</u>
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The lines before this make it clear that she is brilliant so this shows that all other grades are As.
Question 3:
<u>She wants Erika to steal a copy of the test from the teacher.</u>
She indirectly wants Erika to do it.
Question 4 :
<u>They wanted Erika to steal the answers for them instead.</u>
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They knew they could coerce her to steal the papers for them so they did not want to study.
Question 5:
<u>Her teammates gave three explicit reasons.</u>
They reasoned that they cannot study for the test and that they may loose the championship and lastly that a team player puts the team first.
Answer:
Study it carefully based and then draw conclusions based on the evidence
Explanation:
I say this is the answer because you should never immediately trust all things that come off as fact, things may seem like fact but be completely untrue. Also, opinions cannot be correct and improving each idea would not help us analyze the text or determine fact versus opinion. Hope this helps!
A comma splice combines 2 or more independent clauses with only a comma
So the answer would be D. two independent clauses are joined by a comma
