Read the following excerpt from 'paul revere's ride.'

'then he said "good night! " and with muffled oar
silently rowed to the charleston shore
just as the moon rose over the bay
where swinging wide at her moorings lay
the somerset, british man-of-war:
a phantom ship, with each mast and spar
across the moon, like a prison-bar
and a huge black hulk, that was magnified
by its own reflection in the tide'

based on this passage, what can you infer about the order of events?

a. paul already knew the british were coming by sea

b. paul mistakenly anticipated that the british were coming by land

c. the british warship was in the bay at the same time paul revere hatched his plan

d. paul's friend had seen the somerset in the bay before they spoke (most likely not it)

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.

in general, fiction refers to plot, settings, and characters created from the imagination, while nonfiction refers to factual stories focused on actual events and people. however, the difference between these two genres is sometimes blurred, as the two often intersect.

explanation:

what are the choices for abcd

the boy's acceleration toward the girl is 2.08 m/s^2.

explanation:

according the newton's third law, the force causing the girl accelerate towards the boy will be me with equal counter-force causing the boy to accelerate towards the girl. these forces will be of equal magnitude and allows us to determine the boy's acceleration:

the boy's acceleration toward the girl is 2.08 m/s^2.