contractions is a common occurrence in formal language
Carlo stopped to rest for a minute and tried to catch his breath. He’d been running for so long that he had pains in his side and his legs were beginning to hurt. He hunched over and tried to expand his lungs, but it was like trying to suck air out of a bicycle tire. His body was too exhausted to even allow him to take a deep breath, and he started to wheeze again.
“Great,” he thought, “let me just add asthma to my expanding list of ailments. I can’t believe that I can’t even jog two miles without completely collapsing!” He finally gave in to his aching body and laid down on the grass to recuperate. He closed his eyes and tried to imagine himself running on the school track in the 1,600-meter race. He pictured himself running steadily toward the finish line, running effortlessly like a cheetah in the jungle. He was so lost in thought that he didn’t even hear Meiya approach.
“Hey sleepyhead, what are you doing napping on Sean’s lawn in the middle of the day?” Meiya asked playfully.
Carlo quickly sat up, breathing normally now and feeling a little embarrassed. “I am trying to get in shape to try out for track, but I can’t even run two miles,” he said dejectedly.
“Wait, how many months are you out of surgery? Didn’t you just finish rehab last week?” Meiya asked. “You can’t expect to run two miles the first day.”
It had been six months since Carlo’s surgery and he specifically remembered the doctor telling him he could start running after six months. But he thought about what Meiya had said and realized she had a good point. After his surgery, the doctor did say rehab would be crucial to his recovery but that it would take time for him to gain back full use of his leg. He thought about how a baby had to learn to walk before it could run. He remembered when his nephew was learning to crawl; within days it seemed like he was walking. Running didn’t come right away, Carlo remembered. He realized it was the same with his therapy. The maximum he had run in the past month was one mile on the treadmill, so he realized that Meiya was probably right. He would have to work at building up his endurance and set more realistic goals for himself. As he thought about what he had already accomplished, he started to smile and felt like a weight was being lifted off his shoulders. He realized that he had run almost a mile and a half before his body started to protest and if he kept working hard, he could get back to where he was before his accident.
“Since when did you get so smart, Dr. Meiya?” he teased. “Do you want to race to the next mailbox?”
“You’re on!” she challenged and took off running at full speed.
Read the sentence from “Racing to Race.”
"Hey, sleepyhead, what are you doing napping on Sean's lawn in the middle of the day?" Meiya asked playfully.
What does this sentence reveal about how Meiya views Carlo?
Meiya knows Carlo well enough to know that he won't take offense at her teasing.
Meiya thinks that Carlo is not a very good athlete.
Meiya is sarcastic to hide the fact that she does not really like Carlo.
Meiya is concerned about Carlo’s lack of energy.
Answer:
Meiya knows Carlo well enough to know that he won't take offense at her teasing.
Explanation:
I took the k12 test and this is the only answer that makes sense.
Life is too brief to spend it aiding others.
B.
Nobody can be perfect.
C.
A person's duty is to help fellow human beings.
D.
A person should try to get as much pleasure in life as possible
Answer:
There are more than 3 possible purposes for a document, but I will stick to the 3 main that I think will fulfill your answer.
The 3 purposes for a document would be to inform an audience, to list an order of steps or directions (some type of chronological ordering), or to persuade an audience.
For an informational document, I would suggest a news article or some type of news-related document where the writer is using the document to inform a given audience.
For an ordered/chronological document, I would say experiment documents, (in subjects such as chemistry) in which there is a list of steps or orders in which the reader should follow. Another example would be recipe cookbooks but cookbooks are a little informal to use.
Lastly, for a persuasion-related document, business proposals are the perfect example for persuaing an audience to think a certain way. Business proposals allow for a layout of solutions to a problem in relation to the business and backs up the proposal with a list of reasons to why the solutions given are the best solutions that can be offered.
I hope I solved your question!
Answer:
D all of the above
Explanation:
A thesis is always the last sentence in the introductory paragraph to keep the audience hooked. A thesis should sum up all of the main points of the essay in one sentence. A thesis is a claim / argument that will be talked about throughout the essay.