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If a truck gets stuck in mud what do you need to do to get it out

pull it out with a tow truck

Who wrote Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving .
Washington Irving wrote the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

What are the adjectives in the sentence Shawn loves Korean restaurants that serve spicy dishes such as kimchi

The adjectives in that sentence are "Korean" and "spicy". "that serve spicy dishes such as kimchi" also serves as an adjectival clause.

From the window peered a scary face that frightened your little brother

peered

Which of these definitions describes the central conflict

a struggle between forces that form the plot of story

What do linguist study

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language so a linguist is a person who specializes in linguistics

The lifeguard dashed into the water to save the drowning child

dashed

Which of THESE scarves is the one Mom said she wanted is this interrogative

No, the word THESE is functioning as an adjective(describing the noun 'scarves') not a pronoun. The sentence is an interrogative sentence (a question).

The pronoun 'these' is a demonstrative pronoun, a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence indicating near or far in place or time.

Example: Which of these is the scarf Mom said she wanted.

The pronoun WHICH is an interrogative pronoun, a word that introduces an interrogative sentence (a question).

What is the mood of the verb in this sentence Tim's wish is that there be world peace

There are two verbs in the sentence in question: is and be. The first verb is in the indicative mood. It is used to indicate true things about the world. The second verb is in the subjunctive mood. This mood is used to relay wishes, hopes, desires, or counter-to-fact assertations. The speaker is not saying that there is or isn't world peace, rather he is claiming that this is Tim's wish.
subjunctive mood

Which of these sentence segments does not contain a capitalization error my family including gram shops at bill's produce market because the fruits are first rate

including Gram

What is the pronoun of THAT in These are the documents THAT will be most useful

The pronoun 'that' is functioning as a relative pronoun, introducing the relative clause 'that will be most useful'.

The relative clause is providing information 'relating' to its antecedent, 'documents'.

What is the indefinite pronoun in When O. Henry began publishing his short stories few of his reading audience knew that he was writing from prison

The indefinite pronoun is few, a word that takes the place of an unknown number of people.

What words or phrases indicates a cause or effect relationship

Prepositions such as so, therefore, thereby, consequently, and others. If/then phrases are also based on cause and effect.

Literal language

Literal language does not have a figurative meaning but instead sticks to the original definition of the word. It is not metaphorical or ironic in any sense of use.

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