I believe the missing excerpt is from Midsummer by Derek
Walcott, which is as follows:
With the stampeding hiss and scurry of green lemmings,
midsummer's leaves race to extinction like the roar
of a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses;
they seethe toward autumn's fire—it is in their nature,
being men as well as leaves, to die for the sun.
So, based on the excerpt, the speaker thinks that the
riot was somewhat inevitable.
To add, Midsummer is a sequence of 54 lyrics that record one
year's passing in the poet's life from summer to summer.
Answer:
C
Explanation:
Serial arguing is when multiple arguments erupt over a period of time about the same issue. Here, Matt and Kim have multiple conflicts (several times) over a period of time (a week) about the same issue (dirty dishes being left in the sink).
This group of stanzas present an alternate rhyme pattern, which follow the ABAB CDAD format; there are four sounds present and and each is used in the particular order defined by the letters in the format. This makes for a poem's purpose, and the stanzas can also be used for a march song since they can be followed by instruments in an even metre (which is a pattern used in march songs for accented first beats).
1. 20% (actually 22.3 % but it's the same estimate).
2. Religion.
Answer:
The evidence is relevant and sufficient because the main reason people go to college is to get jobs and support themselves.