Which of the following best illustrates a pair of sentences that are joined by an understood relationship?
a. i don't understand a word you said. have you taken a course in english literature?
b. luke put three dollars into the office football pool. he was looking forward to vacation.
c. it rained for ten days and ten nights. grandmother grady called a company to drill a well.
d. detective smiley scanned the dim hallway. he pulled his pistol from its holster.

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

Which is not a controlling idea in the essay? a) average joggers b) importance of tradition eliminate c) olympic-level competitors d) fräbel-designed crystal peach

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.