PLZ HELP ME! The next question refers to This Mystery Rocks! by Cynthia Schlagel.
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This Mystery Rocks! By Cyntha Schlagel
1The Drifting Rocks are a strange phenomenon still unexplained by science. Located in
Death Valley, California, the rocks sit on hot, flat ground. Unlike normal rocks, they have
trails etched behind them as if they have traveled across the sand. Some trails are only a
few feet. "Some trails are over a half a mile long. 'Each trail is as baffling as the next.
7The variety of rock movement has baffled scientists for decades. Some rocks seem to
roll as they move forward. 'Some take unexplainable routes. 10 Large ones have traveled
past small ones that have stayed still. 11Some scientists suggest that the rocks are pushed
by wind. 12Others believe they slide on small amounts of ice or mud. 13So far, research has
not confirmed any theory.
Which choice best describes how the author organized information? (4 points)
Cause and effect
Chronological order
Fact by fact
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Read this statement: "but old fears have a way of clinging like cobwebs." how is this statement related to figurative language? this statement demonstrates personification. this statement demonstrates a hyperbole. this statement demonstrates a onomatoepia. this demonstrates a simile.

Which of the following excerpt from part one of trifles suggest that mrs. hale believes mrs. wright may have had a motive for killing her husband?

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion