In which stage of the plot do readers meet the characters and become acquainted with the conflict?

a. Rising action

b. Resolution

c. Climax

d. Exposition

The ninjas were still chasing me so I lead/led them downstairs.

Choose the prepositional phrase in the sentence. My brother hung his dirty, wet jacket in the hall closet. A. My brother hung B. his dirty, wet jacket C. in the hall closet D. jacket in

Molly works as a dishwasher at a restaurant. She comes across as a fun-loving, party-going person. One day her dog falls sick and Molly has to take him to the vet. She calls her boss and tells him that she won't be coming in to work.

Read the following sentence with the MLA style in-text citation. Ritter states that space technology that seemed futuristic in the 1950s has long since been invented (16).

In what ways is Hosseini revealing the concept of change or evolution within the novel, and to what effect?

An antonym is a word that's A. opposite in meaning. B. defined in a thesaurus. C. the same in meaning. D. pronounced the same.

Alvarez says that her family's move to the United States and the struggle she had in finding her identity as a Dominican and an American had a deep impact on her.

Read the passage from "Children of the Wartime Evacuation" about children who stayed with a man in Chesham during the war. We returned to London in the knowledge that we would never go back to Chesham again.

What are some values that are important to the people who live and work in the new nation? List at least three values and illustrate their importance with evidence from at least three readings.

Read these lines from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;