Why might the author of "the white heron" have chosen to set the story in the country? she wanted to explore ideas of love and loss in cities. she was a botanist and wanted to make use of her knowledge of plants. she had never been to a city before and did not want to attempt to describe one. she wanted to explore a return to a nature theme.

Agood persuasive essay topic cannot be a. a fact b. debatable c. something somebody else has already written about

1) earth's crust is made up of relatively rigid plates that ride atop earth's hot, semiliquid mantle. (2) the plates are called tectonic because they're in constant motion. (3) they can move because earth's mantle is a very hot and semiliquid fluid called magma. (4) volcanoes are a result of magma rising up or erupting through a plate, particularly where plate boundaries are moving against each other. (5) also, when plates slide against each other, causing friction along adjacent plate boundaries, earthquakes frequently occur. (6) therefore, we often find volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries. (7) plates may also collide. (8) when that happens, mountain ranges are formed. (9) for example, the collision of the plate carrying the indian subcontinent created the himalayan mountains when it collided with the asian plate. which statement about this paragraph is accurate?

According to the police officer, the car accident could not have been avoided.