Answer:
Even though Tina told her to skip it, Lexie had a nagging feeling in her gut that if she missed her brother's spelling bee, he would be extremely disappointed in her as well as her parents. After a half an hour of going through the list of pros and cons she had written, she called Tina and told her that although she truly did want to go to the show with them, she thought that her family should always come before friends. Tina completely understood and when Jess heard the news, she was disappointed but came to terms with Lexie's decision. As soon as Lexie arrived at the spelling bee competition, her brother's face lit up with pure happiness and joy when he noticed that Lexie was there with their parents. <em>This was the right decision.</em> Lexie thought while she cheered on her brother. At the end of the championship, her brother won and they all went out to celebrate.
Answer:
to introduce the setting, characters, and conflict.
Explanation:
From the choices stated above, the predicate is letter (<span>D.) lived behind the gas station. Predicate is the part of a sentence which includes the verb and tells something about the subject. In this case, the verb is "lived", and it is followed by a prepositional phrase which indicates location.</span>
Where was it set and the main character
