Abs Which revision improves the precision of the text?
Read the excerpt from a report
(1) Stopping trash before it gets to the ocean is way
better than having to clean it up in the ocean. (2) The
city of Baltimore has a large machine called Mr. Trash
Wheel. (3) The machine is powered by the sun and the
flow of the river. (4) Floating booms off the front of the
machine funnel garbage toward a conveyor belt. (5)
The belt takes the garbage from the water and puts it in
a dumpster. (6) The trash wheel helps collect garbage
in the river after it flows out into the ocean
O In sentence 2, change "large" to "big."
O In sentence 3, change "powered" to "run."
O in sentence 4, add "or barriers" after "booms."
O In sentence 6, add "or the sea after "the ocean."

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

Identify how chekhov’s background and beliefs may have influenced his short story “the bet”.

Which of the following is an example of a literary text? a. memoirs c. novels b. plays d. all of the above