Word Choice Quick Check

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Question
Use the sentence to answer the question.

When he saw the photographer, the raccoon moved into the underbrush.

Which verb choice could replace moved to better give the raccoon's movement a sense of urgency?

(1 point)
Responses

streaked
streaked

tiptoed
tiptoed

crept
crept

walked

pick the right anwser

The verb choice "streaked" could better give the raccoon's movement a sense of urgency.

To better give the raccoon's movement a sense of urgency, the verb choice "streaked" could replace "moved."

Use the excerpt from past reverse ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to answer the question. Then he said good night, and with muffled, or he silently rode to the Charleston shore, just as the moon rose over the bay. We are swinging ride wide at her, the Somerset, British man of war, which word best describes the tone of the excerpt.