Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a. my plant society requires a three fifths majority to vote in a new president.
b. my plant society requires a three-fifths majority to vote in a new president.
c. my plant society requires a three—fifths majority to vote in a new president.

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what is the first step in analyzing or preparing a summary for a piece of literature?

c) describe the setting!

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the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)