Which sentence is an example of chronological structure in "the city without us"? â  a. unheated buildings would result in a destructive freeze-thaw cycle. â  b. without daily pumping, manhattan's subway tunnels would be flooded. â  c. after 20 years, rusted beams in buildings will cause them to start collapsing. â  d. if flooding were to go unchecked, steel support beams in buildings would rust.

What is mostly clearly a disadvantage of living in a world dominated by the presence of televisions according to niel postman?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

How does tiresias prophecy affect the plot of the story ?