Reread the second sentence in paragraph 1. What effect do the word
choices have on the meaning and tone of this paragraph?
A The phrase charged into has negative connotations and suggests
that the Forty-Niners were reckless and angry.
B The terms charged and ballooning convey the idea of sudden and
dramatic movement or growth.
c The use of ballooning gives the idea that the growth was somehow
fragile and prone to "break" suddenly or easily.
D The word unprecedented conveys the author's attitude that this
event is not well understood.

Which details support the idea that secrets are a leading cause of the catastrophe? check all that apply. “not so long as is a tedious tale” “their stolen marriage-day” “then comes she to me” “for whom, and not for tybalt, juliet pin’d” “for it wrought on her / the form of death”

Select the correct answer. what sound device is used in the following excerpt from "how the animals lost their tails and got them back traveling from philadelphia to medicine hat" by carl sandburg? when there was a fight and a snag and a wrangle between two families living next door neighbors to each other and this old flongboo was called in to umpire and to say which family was right and which family was wrong, which family started it and which family ought to stop it, he used to say, “the best umpire is the one who knows just how far to go and how far not to go.” a. repetition b. alliteration c. rhyme d. consonance

Critics and writers both praise and criticize the adventures of huckleberry finn. in at least one hundred words summarize the pros and cons of the novel, as some of them see it?