Which is the BEST summary of the importance of details in the passage? A)
Both small fossils and large fossils give valuable
information to paleontologists.
Type Il fossils give more important information to
B)
paleontologists than do Type I fossils.
The discovery of the Beelzebufo was more important
and interesting than the discovery of the
Europasaurus fossil
The discovery of the Europasaurus was more
D) important and interesting than the discovery of the
Beelzebufo fossil.

Which of the following best describes the proper use of a "works cited" page? (a)-a works cited page is not needed if you paraphrase your research. (b)-a works cited page is not needed if you use signal phrases. (c)-a works cited page is optional when writing a researched text. (d)-a works cited page is required when writing a researched text.

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

The overwhelming majority of the peoples and nations of the world today want to live in peace