1. In her introduction to Stiff, Mary Roach remarks that "death makes us helplessly polite."Why is it that we're compelled to use polite language when discussing death? Why are we often afraid

to discuss it in the way Roach has done here?

The town should regulate the height of buildings allowed on main street. this would be categorized as a: a. claim of fact. b. claim of policy. c. claim of cause and effect. d. claim of definition.

Which conclusion about the eldest magician does this excerpt support

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax