What purpose does the first section, "Before the Birth of Modern Mount Rainier," serve in the text? It explains why it is important for scientists to study Ο Α. the early history of active volcanoes. It defines the question about how volcanoes form O B. that the author seeks to address. O It provides a historical background for the later C. sections that describe more recent volcanic events. It describes the importance of lahars and landslides throughout the lifetime of a volcano.​

Changing the sentence structure and how quickly events unfold in a story can affect which literally element?

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

In the conclusion of the radio broadcast war of the worlds, orson welles: