The reading passage name is VILLAGE SCHOOLS AND TRAVELING SOLDIERS on commonlit. 4. PART A: What does the word “gross” most closely mean as it is used in Paragraph 1?
A. Largely unacceptable
B. Muddy or dirty
C. Nauseating
D. Undiscovered 5.

PART B: Which phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “The object of Chinese education is to pump up the wisdom of the ancients into the minds of the moderns.” (Paragraph 1)
B. “a school which should only be in session for six months of the year” (Paragraph 1)
C. “The moment a child fails to attend school, he is supposed (and with reason) to become ‘wild.’” (Paragraph 1)
D. “The territory to be traversed is so vast” (Paragraph 2)

Why would the following likely fail as the basis for an evaluation argument? “the theme of gender bias among adults is an important one.” a. it is based on a moral judgment that not everyone shares. b. it is based on the writers personal tastes. c. it is based on a faulty assumption. d. none of the above.

What is the best way to improve the conclusion? add a sentence to the ending that summarizes the writer’s topic. add a sentence to the middle that reflects on the writer’s experiences. revise the final sentence to have a different tone. revise the first sentence to state a future goal.

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder. when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information. the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag. the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward. the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away. the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward. wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.