Identify if the three sentences are reliable or unreliable. A. The first pioneers to explore the opal fields found an unpleasant and unfriendly environment.

B. None of the pioneers liked summer because it was dreadfully hot.

C. To adapt to the challenging environment, pioneers built underground homes.

(1 point)
A. A is unreliable, B is unreliable, C is reliable

B. A is reliable, B is reliable, C is reliable

C. A is reliable, B is unreliable, C is reliable

D. A is reliable, B is reliable, C is unreliable

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt

To choose a good persuasive essay topic, begin with a big idea, narrow it down, and a. then narrow it down more; it is impossible to have a topic that is too narrow. b. do some research to see what you should write about c. specify-ask a question you want answered in your argument

Read the poem "travel" by edna st. vincent millay. the railroad track is miles away, and the day is loud with voices speaking, yet there isn't a train goes by all day but i hear its whistle shrieking. all night there isn't a train goes by, though the night is still for sleep and dreaming, but i see its cinders red on the sky, and hear its engine steaming. my heart is warm with friends i make, and better friends i'll not be knowing; yet there isn't a train i wouldn't take, no matter where it's going. what is the central idea of this poem? the narrator is preoccupied by a desire to travel. the narrator spends many hours traveling by train. the narrator is frustrated by the noise of travelers. the narrator has fond memories of her travels.