In the darkness, a pinpoint of light becomes visible. Someone has turned on a flashlight. The pin­point grows to the size of the bulb. Because this is slow motion, only the bulb is bright. Nothing else lights up—yet.

Now the light begins to spread outward from the bulb. It fills a bigger and bigger space. As the light moves forward, it strikes little fog droplets, the ground, a sneaker, a tree, a cat. After each collision, some light bounces off. It is redirected. Some of it reaches a person's eyes. Only then can the light trigger the person's eyes and brain. In slow, stretched-out speech, the person says, "L000000-000000k! c-aaat!"

—A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole,
Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano

Why did the author include this description?

to explain how a star produces light
to explain how light travels
to explain how cats see in the dark
to explain how fog forms

Which passage is an example of rising action in edgar allan poe`s "the black cat

Keeping wolves as pets is wrong. wolves are not pets. they're wild and natural-born killers. people who keepwolves in captivity are self-centered and vain. they thinkit's some kind of status symbol to own a wolf. but wolvesneed to roam free, participate in the thrill of the hunt, filltheir bellies with raw meat, and socialize with their packmates. which type of appeal does the passage primarily use? oa. ethos

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.