Me as soon as possible! will give brainliest to the person who best explains why their answer is correct!

read the passage.

contemporary historian ian mortimer showcases his historical expertise in the nonfiction book the time traveler’s guide to elizabethan england. other people have created monotonous historical essays, but mortimer has written an amusing and engrossing book.

which is the best phrase to eliminate because it is neither precise nor domain specific?

“contemporary historian”

“historical expertise”

“other people have created”

“monotonous historical essays”

Read the following excerpt from the way to rainy mountain by n. scott momaday: the young plains culture of the kiowas withered and died like grass that is burned in the prairie wind. there came a day like destiny; in every direction, as far as the eye could see, carrion (animal carcasses) lay out in the land. the buffalo was the animal representation of the sun, the essential and sacrificial victim of the sun dance. when the wild herds were destroyed, so too was the will of the kiowa people. which phrase in the passage most strongly contributes to its overall tone? a. day like destiny b. lay out in the land c. far as the eye could see d. withered and died like grass