Which sentence includes a restrictive clause?
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Read the claim.School uniforms diminish students’ individuality and creativity and have no place in the school system.Which evidence best supports the claim? Select two options.A student’s choice of clothing is protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, since dress is a form of expression.A University of Houston study found that girls’ language test scores rose by about 3 percent after uniforms were introduced.Students at high schools across the nation struggle daily with the decision of what to wear, a decision that plagues adults as well.The enforcement of uniforms contradicts the ideas presented in the schools about freedom fighters like Susan B. Anthony.One recent study found that school uniforms had no effect on behavioral issues, but they had a negative effect on academic performance.
Read the passage.(1) Since prehistoric times, milk has been a vital source of nutrition for human beings. (2) Some doctors and nutritionists believe that consuming milk can be detrimental to our health. (3) Milk is one of the most nutrient-dense beverages we can consume, and it should be an essential part of a healthy diet. (4) Drinking just one 8-ounce glass of milk per day puts you well on your way to meeting recommended daily intakes for important nutrients.
Which excerpts from "Two Kinds” are examples of internal conflict? Select two options.“America was where all my mother's hopes lay. She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China: her mother and father, her family home, her first husband, and two daughters, twin baby girls. But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better.”“In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect. My mother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach. I would never feel the need to sulk for anything.”“Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror above the bathroom sink and when I saw only my face staring back—and that it would always be this ordinary face—I began to cry. Such a sad, ugly girl! I made high-pitched noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror.”“My mother slapped me. ‘Who ask you be genius?’ she shouted. ‘Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!’“‘So ungrateful,’ I heard her mutter in Chinese, ‘If she had as much talent as she has temper, she would be famous now.’”“So maybe I never really gave myself a fair chance. I did pick up the basics pretty quickly, and I might have become a good pianist at that young age. But I was so determined not to try, not to be anybody different that I learned to play only the most ear-splitting preludes, the most discordant hymns.”
Why would dashes be used in a sentence? Select three options.to emphasize particular informationto introduce a list of words or phrasesto set off introductory words or phrasesto indicate the importance of certain ideasto set off nonessential elements containing commas
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