Select the correct excerpt.
Informational texts often use images to support ideas. Which of these excerpts from Robert Stawell Ball's Great Astronomers does this image
help to explain?
VENUS
SUN
OF THE SUN
THE ORBIT
EARTH
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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.

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?

Why should college athletes not get paid for playing state the claim a: point a b. direct quotation to support point a c.point b . direct quotation to support point b