Which of these sentences is an opinion disguised as a fact? A 2014 New York Times editorial reported that approximately 30,000 to 35,000 African elephants were killed each year B. In 1999, in response to pressure from business interests that we’re losing money because of the ban on the ivory trade, CITES allowed limited trade in stockpiled tusks. C Only a complete ban of the ivory trade can save the African elephant from extinction. D. Ivory that already had been harvested from elephants could once again be bought and sold.

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.

Mr. underwood's editorial defending tom robinson is surprising because he's described as not wanting to be near negroes it's a dangerous stance to take at that time he had been neutral during the trial he wasn't in the courtroom

Direct characterization includes select all that apply. statements by the author about a character's personality statements by the author about a character's appearance statements by the author about what a character is like statements by the character about what they hate