In The Johnstown Flood, how does the author develop the idea that people’s decisions to stay or to flee determined whether they lived or died? The Johnstown Flood by following one person—Gertrude—and her decisions and their effects by giving examples of several people who lost their lives after deciding to stay where they were by listing the cause of death of everyone who was lost in the flood by switching from scene to scene, showing the lives of different members of families

How was maggie injured? o a. she was accidently shot in a hunting accident. o b. she broke her back after a fall from the roof of her house. o c. she received serious burns from a fire that destroyed her house. o d. she was struck by a car and broke her legs. submit

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia

“heartwork each day is born with a sunrise and ends in a sunset, the same way we open our eyes to see the light, and close them to hear the dark. you have no control over how your story begins or ends. but by now, you should know that all things have an ending. every spark returns to darkness. every sound returns to silence. and every flower returns to sleep with the earth. the journey of the sun and moon is predictable. but yours, is your ultimate art.” ― suzy kassem what does this quote mean to you? and why? i'm not looking for anything in particular, i just wanted to know. : )