Identify the tense of the verb in the following sentence. you will have settled your differences by the time you leave this room. a. present perfect b. future perfect c. present d. past perfect

It's timed! overpopulation can affect the natural environment • limiting land available for crops.• lowering the standard of living.• causing the destruction of forests.• worsening sanitation in cities.

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Which would best develop a well-organized and logical research paper? a. narrow goals b. a variety of sources c. good research results d. a strong topic