Why does the text make a comparison to the state of Texas? to provide a perspective of the square mileage of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with a recognizable area of comparable size

to enable a clear understanding of the expansive size of Texas by using the Great Pacific Garbage Patch as a model

to develop the focus of the information with an awareness of the particular geographic region around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

to show how far the Great Pacific Garbage Patch extends below the surface of the ocean by demonstrating its depth

If a poet wants to tell an exciting story using a quick rhythmic pattern,what poetic form would best fit this function

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

When trisha saw the boys on the stage she exclaimed finally a group of students who can act