(1) the conflict over secrecy between the federal government and journalists arises from the different roles they play in society. (2) the government has the job of conducting foreign policy. (3) to do so effectively, government officials sometimes prefer to distort or withhold information. (4) journalists, however, see their role as digging up and giving information to the public. (5) if they always sought government permission before publishing information, they would be able to print or broadcast only what the government wanted to appear in the media. the main pattern of organization of the selection is? a. time order.  b. list of items.  c. comparison and/or contrast. 

4. how does the speaker's comparison of sinners to aninsect (paragraph 7) contribute to the central idea of thetext? o a it emphasizes the negative view god has ofsinners and how inconsequential they are to him. o b it stresses the connection that exists between allof god's creatures, whether they be human orinsect. o c it suggests that sinners can change for the better, as insects are known to go throughtransformations. o d it portrays sinners as being just as prevalentaround the earth as the wide variety of insects.

Which options most accurately explain how the author of the war of the worlds uses the crash landing of the spaceship to introduce ogilvy's character? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsogilvy goes to the site of the crash and is immediately certain that it has been caused by aliens. because of this, he immediately gets the townspeople together to fight. his actions characterize him as brave. ogilvy tries to those inside the cylinder. his actions characterize him as compassionate. ogilvy goes to the site of the crash to explore the area the morning after seeing the shooting star. once there, he examines the cylinder. his actions characterize him as curious. ogilvy runs to the nearest town to get away from the cylinder. his actions characterize him as cowardly.

Thomas carefully ran on the dry, hard ground barefoot and then jumped quickly into the cold pool?