The following sentences describe the scene evoked in Heart of Darkness. On your paper, write the pronoun that makes sense in the blank. Follow the instructions in parentheses.
SAMPLE The woman ________ walked toward the boat seemed to be an African princess. (Use a relative pronoun.)
ANSWER The woman who walked toward the boat seemed to be an African princess.
________ of the men aboard the boat knew what to make of her. (Use an indefinite pronoun.)

write an abstract noun that names an idea with which the concrete noun can be associated. For each abstract noun in items 6–10, write a concrete noun that has the quality of the abstract noun.
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The following sentences elaborate on a description in the Conrad passage. Rewrite each sentence, filling in the blanks with a preposition that completes the phrase in italics and makes sense in the sentence. In some cases there may be more than one preposition that makes sense.
The ivory charms glowed ________ her dark skin.

The sentences below contain a variety of conjunctions: coordinating, correlative, subordinating, and conjunctive adverbs. Number your paper 1–5. Locate each conjunction, write it on your paper, and then label it according to the type of conjunction it is.
Early in his career, Copland was strongly influenced by the French impressionists; nevertheless, he was able to develop his own style.

List the prepositions in the following sentences. Some prepositions consist of more than one word. (The numeral at the end of each item indicates the number of prepositions in that sentence.)
You can even tell the correct temperature by the number of chirps made by a cricket. (3)

Subordinating conjunctions introduce adverb clauses. Number your paper 1–5.Write the subordinating conjunction and the last word of each adverb clause in the following sentences. Then, write what the clause tells: when, where, how, why, how much, under what condition. A sentence may have more than one adverb clause.
While you are busy listing all your shining attributes and describing the major purchases you have recently made, emphasize many uninteresting details.