And so she goes over to look, can't find Pluto, and this reporter says I think I've got a story here, telephones back
to get the science reporter, and the science reporter files a
story that makes page one of the New York Times on
January 22, 2001, by the way, and what else is going on in
the world that day? Bush had just been inaugurated in
Washington. They're still counting chads in Florida. You'd
think other news would be filling page one, but no. There it
was: "Pluto Not A Planet? Only In New York." And that's
when the real wave of hate mail started coming in,
Neil deGrasse Tyson, interview by Melissa Block,
"Astrophysicist Chronicles Battle over Pluto"
Which excerpt from Tyson's preface or interview conveys the most emotion?

Which of the following sentences uses dashes correctly? a. i looked under the bed - get this - and there it was! b. i need - a lot of - colors for this painting. c. i can't believe my own - brother! - is now a mayor. d. tom and i - are planning - a wedding in june.

Kthe pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence means the happiness that the sunlight brings; the sorrow of all living things at his death means the gloom of northern countries when winter comes. reread the two sentences in paragraph 7. what is the best way to improve these sentences. if there are no problems, choose correct as is.' a) correct as is. b) the pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence means the happiness that the sunlight brings; the sorrow of all living things at his death means the gloom that the winter brings. c) the pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence meant the happiness that the sunlight brings, and the sorrow of all living things at his death meant the gloom of a northern winter. d) the pleasure of all living things in baldur's presence means the happiness that the sunlight brings. the sorrow of all living things at his death means the gloom of northern countries when winter comes.

The first step in making a mental model for a compare-and-contrast text is a. comparing the two things being described. b. finding important details in the text. c. contrasting the two things being described. d. connecting details to what is already known.