(1) A geologist is a scientist who studies the Earth and the elements that form it. (2) The term "rock" (which may sound unscientific) is a scientific term used regularly by geologists. (3) A rock is defined as a combination of minerals and organic material. (4) Rocks are classified into three different types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. (5) Each type of rock gets its name from the way in which it was formed. (6) An igneous rock is formed by magma (molten rock) that cools and becomes solid. (7) A sedimentary rock is formed by layers of sediment that settle and harden over time. (8) The meaning of "rock" for a scientist is much more complicated than it is for an average person.
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Which word or words would best begin sentence 8?
A.
To illustrate,
B.
At last,
C.
Thus,
D.
Even so,

Excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest���in the gale���is heard��� and sore must be the storm��� that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm��� [3] i've heard it in the chillest land��� and on the strangest sea��� yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb���of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird " a crumb of me" what type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

It warportant fact about the wounded soldiers is reflected by the repetition of the bolded sentences in the excerpts from "in another country" by ernest hemingway? a. it establishes the irony that, although the wounded soldiers have physically left the warfront, the war continues to haunt them psychologically it shows the gradual loss of hope and growing depression of the wounded soldiers and their need for distractions b. c. it establishes the wounded soldiers' determination to shun war and disobey military commands to return to the front after they recover. d. it shows the wounded soldiers' sadness and disappointment at the lack of gratitude from the people they risked their lives to protect e it shows the wounded soldiers' belief that the war would never end, even as thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded and sent to hospitals.

“dènouement” is another word for the of a plot.