For each of the following sentences, chose the correct word (adjective or adverb).
For help with this exercise, see chapter 27 of Real Essays 5e.
Example
Every culture tells folktales about a (mischievous, mischievously) character known as the trickster.
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He is a (greedy, greedily) troublemaker who is always doing something he was told not to do or poking his nose where it doesn’t belong.
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The trickster is (usual, usually) a small animal who has to rely on his wits to survive.
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His (foolish, foolishly) pranks often backfire, and we learn through his example how we should not behave.
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However, though we reject the trickster’s dishonesty, we (secret, secretly) admire his cleverness.
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We enjoy watching him outsmart his (powerful, powerfully) opponents.
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In some folktales, the trickster is a hero because his thefts and deceptions turn out to help his people in (unexpected, unexpectedly) ways.
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The world’s most (popular, popularly) tricksters are Reynard the Fox in European folktales, Anansi the spider in West African tales, Brer Rabbit in African American tales, and Coyote in Native American tales.
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In a story told by the Zuni people of the American Southwest, Coyote persuades his (sensible, sensibly) friend Eagle to help him steal the sun and the moon so that they will have light to hunt by.
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(Uncontrollable, Uncontrollably) curious, Coyote opens a box containing the sun and the moon and allows them to escape, thus bringing winter into the world.
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