Read the following passage. nasa is developing a first-ever robotic mission to visit a large near-earth asteroid, collect a multi-ton boulder from its surface, and redirect it into a stable orbit around the moon. once it’s there, astronauts will explore it and return with samples in the 2020s. this asteroid redirect mission (arm) is part of nasa’s plan to advance the new technologies and spaceflight experience needed for a human mission to the martian system in the 2030s. what is the most likely purpose of the entire writing? a. to entertain b. to persuade c. to inform

Which statement correctly describes the verb function in this sentence? the word “dancing” is a verb that functions as a noun. the word “dancing” is a verb that functions as an adjective. the word “becoming” is a verb that functions as a noun. the word “becoming” is a verb that functions as an adjective.

Choose all the titles of the books from this works cited list. english report: a powerful poet

Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. my silent response to the expectant silence begins to affect the air of the room, the bits of dust and sportcoat-lint stirred around by the ac’s vents dancing jaggedly in the slanted plane of windowlight, the air over the table like the sparkling space just above a fresh-poured seltzer. the coach, in a slight accent neither british nor australian, is telling c. t. that the whole application-interface process, while usually just a pleasant formality, is probably best accentuated by letting the applicant speak up for himself. in this excerpt, the narrator is providing a, both objective descriptions and subjective commentaries. b. only objective information about people, setting, and events. c. only subjective responses to the things he sees and experiences. d. a compromised interpretation of events due to his unstable condition.