Read this sentence from “sound is all around us.”

the brain is responsible for taking the sound waves and translating them into something that is recognized by the individual.

which statement from “hearing sound does not require ears” best supports this idea?

a“while you may not understand the words, there are still things that can be learned from the sounds that a person is making when they are speaking in an unfamiliar language.”
b“the temporal lobe is the area of the human brain that is responsible for learning, understanding languages, and processing sounds.”
c“they have a funnel-like shape that is perfect for collecting all of the sounds, but, sometimes, there are
too many sounds all around.”
d“snakes do not have ears and do not have any openings that can take in the sound, but they do have parts inside of their bodies that are still able to receive the vibrations that sound makes.”

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.

What does this excerpt explain about this setting