Even though humans and sharks are both vertebrates, there skeletons are made out of different materials. a human skeleton is made out of bone. a shark skeleton is made out of cartilage. cartilage is much more flexible a lighter bone. having a flexible skeleton helps sharks to able to change directions quickly while swimming. it also enables them to open their jaws really wide to take down and eat their prey. what was the authors purpose in writing this passage. A. to persuade the reader than a sharks skeleton is better then a human skeleton.
B. to entertain the reader with some interest sharks facts.
C. to inform the reader about the materiel that makes make up a sharks skeleton.

Which excerpt from the awakening best highlights the elation edna feels when she thinks of robert? the morning was full of sunlight and hope. edna could see before her no denial—only the promise of excessive joy. she lay in bed awake, with bright eyes full of speculation. “he loves you, poor fool.” he would come to her in the afternoon or evening, sit and roll his cigarette, talk a little, and go away as he had done the night before. but how delicious it would be to have him there with her! robert did not come that day. she was keenly disappointed. he did not come the following day, nor the next. each morning she awoke with hope, and each night she was a prey to despondency. his horses were full of mettle, and even a little unmanageable. she liked the rapid gait at which they spun along, and the quick, sharp sound of the horses' hoofs on the hard road.

In the sentence from barbara kingsolver’s “life without go go boots”, “writers are supposed to be eccentric,” the word eccentric is a euphemism for

Answer asap explain your answer read the explicit message of the "rain barrels" video: you can use water from your rain barrel for a lot of different things around the home and garden. which is the best textual evidence to use to support this message? i use it to fill my fish tank, even to wash the car if you want to. so not only is the rain barrel water free, but it’s also free of chlorine and minerals. a rain barrel is a small investment for big dollar and environmental benefits. one of the benefits of a rain barrel is it holds that first bit of rain that’s coming off the roof or your driveway and prevents it from running into streams and causing erosion from high flows of water.