Which statement is a complex sentence? It snows often here in the highest mountain range east of the Rockies.
When it snows this hard, most schools in the area close for the day.
Snow and ice typically lead to school and business closures in this area.
City schools have fewer snow days, but their summer breaks start sooner.

What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

How does this excerpt develop the central idea that espionage during the civil war was often carried out by untrained citizens? it enhances the reader’s understanding by explaining why training was unnecessary. it changes the reader’s perception of what information a spy was able to obtain. it explains an ordinary person’s motivation for conducting espionage against the enemy. it adds moral complexity to espionage, due to the use of secret and dangerous methods.

Postreading strategies are used before reading a text. when reading for specific information. when reading for general meaning. after reading a text.