Which phrase from the excerpt best supports the author's
view that Edison's determination helped him succeed?
Read the excerpt from "Thomas Edison: The Master of
Improvement."
It was this same stubborn resolve that made Edison's
lightbulb more successful than Swan's. Edison thought that
the secret to a better bulb could be found in the filament.
He simply needed to figure out what type of material
worked best. Edison tried metal first. Then he tried different
kinds of wood, coconut fiber, and even the hair from a
friend's beard!
made Edison's lightbulb more successful than Swan's
O Edison thought that the secret to a better bulb could be
found
needed to figure out what type of material worked best
he tried different kinds of wood, coconut fiber, and even
the hair

Read the passage from a vindication of the rights of woman. that the society is formed in the wisest manner, whose constitution is founded on the nature of man, strikes, in the abstract, every thinking being so forcibly, that it looks like presumption to endeavour to bring forward proofs; though proof must be brought, or the strong hold of prescription will never be forced by reason; yet to urge prescription as an argument to justify the depriving men (or women) of their natural rights, is one of the absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense. does wollstonecraft maintain an objective tone in the passage? yes, because she uses objective language such as “society is formed in the wisest manner.” yes, because she uses objective language such as “it looks like presumption to endeavor.” no, because she uses subjective language such as “though proof must be brought, or the strong hold.” no, because she uses subjective language such as “absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.”

Which important event occurred during the industrial and scientific revolutions

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.