Why does the author's description of what edison observed during his visit to the laboratory—"the 20-kilowatt langmuir amplifying electrotubes, which have superseded the alexanderou alternator in long distance radio broadcasting"—intentionally incorporate such highly technical language? using technical language lets the author share controversial information in ways that most readers will not fully grasp or understand. using technical language suggests to readers that the author is responsible for creating the complicated inventions being described. using technical language the author stress the complexity of the scientific advances and technological achievements that edison observed. using technical language allows the author to obscure the fact that much of what edison observed was ordinary, unimpressive, and commonplace.

Need ! how is richard characterized by alger in this excerpt from the passage? "to complete his costume he wore a coat too long for him, dating back, if one might judge from its general appearance, to a remote antiquity." he is exciting. he is intelligent. he is comical. he is happy.

Select the correct text in the passage. which two lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of romeo and juliet? friar laurence: so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not! romeo: amen, amen! but come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight: do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough i may but call her mine. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Select the indicate quotation that correctly sequences the verbs