Caroline is working on selecting a topic for her speech. Arrange the following speech-planning activities in the order in which Caroline should undertake them. 1. Caroline identifies the two subjects from the long list that come up again and again. From this list of two, she thinks about which one will best fit into a ten-minute speech.
2. Caroline does some preliminary research so that she can determine the speech's main argument, three main supporting pieces of information, and conclusion.
3. Caroline looks back through all of the articles and blog posts she has saved recently, looking to find the topics she has been most interested in.

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.

Which best expresses the irony present in this passage?

Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?