30 points ! i was surprised to find corruption grown so high and so quick in that empire, by the force of luxury so lately introduced; which made me less wonder at many parallel cases in other countries, where vices of all kinds have reigned so much longer . . as every person called up made exactly the same appearance he had done in the world, it gave me melancholy reflections to observe how much the race of human kind was degenerate among us, within these hundred years past . . which excerpt from the passages above suggests a character vs. self conflict? i. “i was surprised to find corruption grown so high and so quick in that empire” ii. “the force of luxury so lately introduced” iii. “it gave me melancholy reflections to observe how much the race of human kind was degenerate among us” i only ii only i, ii, and iii i and iii

Match each persuasive technique with the excerpt that uses it. expert opinion association emotional appeal scientific data compared to the yearly average of 6.5 million square kilometers between 1979 and 2010 for september, the arctic sea ice shrank below 4 million square kilometers in september 2012, which is lower than any minimum value observed in the last three decades. (european environmental agency, “the melting arctic") arrowright according to morten olsen, chair of a recent arctic council assessment of changes on arctic snow-and ice-conditions, "changes in the climate and cryosphere risk fundamentally altering the arctic ecosystems." (european environmental agency, “the melting arctic") arrowright sip a cup of turbo brown to taste the liberating power of flying through your day's work like a cruising jet. arrowright if we don't step up our efforts, the melodious songs of these beautiful birds might be silenced forever. arrowright

Summarize the text. list five to seven key events from the story in the order in which they happen. your summary should include main points from the beginning, middle, and end of the story

Which best corrects the run-on sentence? the big dipper is easily spotted it looks like a cup with a long handle. a. the big dipper is easily spotted, so it looks like a cup with a long handle. b. the big dipper is easy. to spot it looks like a cup with a long handle. c. the big dipper is easily spotted. it looks like a cup with a long handle. d. the big dipper is easily spotted. looking like a cup with a long handle.