What is the meaning of battle-sweat

Which of the following is not a part of plot? exposition falling action rising action conflict i believe its conflict

Which describes the effect the use of figurative language has on the tone of this excerpt? select all that apply

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.