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from “caribbean climate change.”

weather events of this degree also cause expensive damage to infrastructure. in 2013, tropical storms in st. vincent and the grenadines resulted in widespread flooding and landslides. bridges, roads, and houses were destroyed.

based on the context clues in the passage, what does the word infrastructure mean?

a) beaches, forests, and mountains

b) buildings, bridges, and roads

c) cars, trucks, and trains

d) food, water, and clothing

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Is the following statement true or false? the topic sentence of a paragraph should indicate what the paragraph is going to be about. false true

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