Answer:
A "The spring of 1998 was the Halley’s Comet of desert wildflower years." (lines 1–2)
Explanation:
This is the excerpt from Barbara Kingsolver's scientific essey "Called Out". It describes events in the spring of 1998 and gives insight on magnificent and complex life cycle of desert plants.
The given sentence provides description of the highway medians suggesting that there were unusually many flowers, rarely seen before.
That provides evidence to answer A. which claims that that spring was the Halley's Comet of desert wildflower years. Halley's Comet is a rare phenomenon that happens only once every 76 years, so by making this comparison, the author claims that what happened that spring was a true botanical rarity.
<span>e. b and c only
As long as a speaker lets the audience know who the author of a study is, and gives a brief overview of their credentials or qualifications, the audience should be able to trust the information that the speaker is presenting, based on their credible research.</span>
The answer is 4 to this question
Answer:
I believe the answer is Anaya structures his excerpt as an analysis, while Nye structures her excerpt as an observation.
I hope I helped, please correct me if I'm wrong!
<span>Conclusions made on the basis of unstated or stated evidence are called inferences.
Those are some realizations that a person comes to based on proof which may or may not be obvious at the first glance. A reader may infer something on the basis of context or clues that can be found all over a text. The other options don't really make any sense here.
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