diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d10c35e..6e775f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
     <groupId>com.zipcodewilmington.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrayutils</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>15</source>
+                    <target>15</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
index 4bcce66..cdf2866 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 /**
  * Created by leon on 1/29/18.
  */
@@ -8,9 +11,8 @@ public class StringArrayUtils {
      * @param array array of String objects
      * @return first element of specified array
      */ // TODO
-    public static String getFirstElement(String[] array) {
-        return array[0];
-    }
+    public static String getFirstElement(String[] array) { return array[0]; }
+
 
     /**
      * @param array array of String objects
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ public static String getSecondElement(String[] array) {
      * @return last element in specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getLastElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        return array[array.length - 1];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ public static String getLastElement(String[] array) {
      * @return second to last element in specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        return array[array.length - 2];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -42,7 +44,13 @@ public static String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array) {
      * @return true if the array contains the specified `value`
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean contains(String[] array, String value) {
-        return false;
+        boolean containValue = false;
+        for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
+            if (array[i] == value) {
+                containValue = true;
+            }
+        }
+        return containValue;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,15 +58,31 @@ public static boolean contains(String[] array, String value) {
      * @return an array with identical contents in reverse order
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] reverse(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        String[] reversedArray = new String[array.length];
+        int indexOfReversedArray = 0;
+        for(int indexOfArray = 0; indexOfArray < array.length; indexOfArray++) { //filter through array
+            reversedArray[indexOfReversedArray] = array[array.length - indexOfArray - 1]; //assigns reversedOrderArray at first position to array at last position
+            indexOfReversedArray++; //increase for next index of ReversedArray
+            }
+        return reversedArray;
     }
 
+
     /**
      * @param array array of String objects
      * @return true if the order of the array is the same backwards and forwards
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+        String[] reversedOrderArr = reverse(array);
+        return Arrays.equals(reversedOrderArr, array);
+        /*for (int indexOfArray = 0; indexOfArray < reversedOrderArr.length; indexOfArray++) {
+            String currentStringReversed = reversedOrderArr[indexOfArray];
+            String currentStringForward = array[indexOfArray];
+            if(!currentStringReversed.equals(currentStringForward)){
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;*/
     }
 
     /**
@@ -66,7 +90,19 @@ public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
      * @return true if each letter in the alphabet has been used in the array
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPangramic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+        String stringArray = Arrays.toString(array); //change array to string
+        stringArray = stringArray.toLowerCase();
+
+        if(stringArray.length() < 26 ){ //does the sentence have 26 characters? if less, does not contain every letter
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            for (char letters = 'a'; letters <= 'z'; letters++) {
+                if (stringArray.indexOf(letters) < 0) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,7 +111,13 @@ public static boolean isPangramic(String[] array) {
      * @return number of occurrences the specified `value` has occurred
      */ // TODO
     public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
-        return 0;
+        int numOfValueOccurrences = 0;
+        for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
+            if(array[i] == value){
+                numOfValueOccurrences++;
+            }
+        }
+        return numOfValueOccurrences;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,7 +126,16 @@ public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
      * @return array with identical contents excluding values of `value`
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeValue(String[] array, String valueToRemove) {
-        return null;
+        int removeCount = 0;
+        int j = 0;
+        String[] newArray = new String[(array.length - 1) - removeCount];
+        for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
+            if (array[i] != valueToRemove) {
+                newArray[j++] = array[i];
+            }else removeCount++;
+
+        }
+        return newArray;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -92,7 +143,22 @@ public static String[] removeValue(String[] array, String valueToRemove) {
      * @return array of Strings with consecutive duplicates removes
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        int counter = 0;
+        String listOfSingles = "";
+        String lastString = "";
+        String[] newArray = new String[counter];
+
+        for(String currentString : array){ //loop through array
+            if(currentString == lastString){ //if current string is same as last string, assign to last string and continue
+                lastString = currentString;
+            } else if(currentString != lastString){ //if they are different..
+                listOfSingles += currentString + " "; //add the current string to the list
+                lastString = currentString; //assign to last string for comparison next loop
+                counter++; //add to the counter
+            }
+       }
+        newArray = listOfSingles.split(" ");
+        return newArray;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -100,8 +166,19 @@ public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
      * @return array of Strings with each consecutive duplicate occurrence concatenated as a single string in an array of Strings
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] packConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        return null;
-    }
+        ArrayList<String> newList = new ArrayList<>();
+        newList.add(array[0]); //input this array to newList
+        int listIndex = 0; //index of newList
 
+        for(int i = 1; i < array.length; i++){
+            if(newList.get(listIndex).contains(array[i])) { //checks if the new list contains array[i] at its most recent index
+                newList.set(listIndex, (newList.get(listIndex) + array[i])); //if yes, adds character to newList without increasing the index of newList AND groups duplicates together
+            }else { //not consecutive
+                listIndex++; //increase index of newList
+                newList.add(array[i]); //add array[i] to newList
+            }
+        }
+        return newList.toArray(new String[0]); //convert to array
+    }
 
 }