What is the best way to summarize this passage? A. Rocks are too heavy to be collected as a hobby. Rocks take many forms and tell scientists
important acts. If there weren't rocks, the ground would be squishy. People who collect
rocks are sometimes called rockhounds.
B. Rock collecting is a fun, inexpensive hobby anyone can enjoy. Ceologists learn a lot about
the Earth by studying rocks and rock formations. Oklahoma is very rich in minerals and
is famous for crystals called red barite roses. People who collect rocks sometimes find a
valuable gemstone or even a dinosaur bone among the rocks.
C. Rocks are everywhere in Oklahoma. People who study rocks are called geologists.
Oklahoma has a lot of minerals. Oklahoma is famous for crystals called red barite roses.
D. Rock collecting is a fun and inexpensive hobby people can do anywhere. There are many
rocks, so you might not think they are a big deal, but they are important to scientists.
There is even the Timberlake Rose Rock Museum in Noble, Oklahoma, which claims it has
the world's largest collection of red barite crystals.

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate. 

the grass-plot before the jail, in prison lane, on a certain summer morning, not less than two centuries ago, was occupied by a pretty large number of the inhabitants of boston; all with their eyes intently fastened on the iron-clamped oaken door.

— the scarlet letter,

nathaniel hawthorne

''eyes intently fastened''

''iron-clamped oaken door''

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to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.