18)proper nursing is especially important, yet cubs and kittens are never given milk while they are lying on their back. this can cause pneumonia.
(19) the milk given to cats is different than the milk given to human children in a number of ways. zoo personnel know the right way to mix milk for the different species of large and small cats in their care.
identify the common pattern in sentences 18 and 19.
a) subject-action verb-direct object
b) subject-linking verb-subject complement
c) subject-action verb-indirect object-direct object
d) subject-action verb-direct object-object complement

Which of the following is a skill that would contribute to someone’s academic identity? a. researching b. marketing c. negotiating d. networking

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

The tone of a story is the author's attitude toward the subject. provide two examples that support the conclusion that the tone of this story is ironic.