Read the passage.
coral reefs
a coral polyp is a tiny sea creature with a soft body. at its base, the polyp has a hard skeleton. a polyp attaches itself to a rock on the
bottom of the ocean. the polyp then divides, forming thousands of buds like the original polyp. their connected skeletons form a colony that
acts like a single living thing. over time, colonies combine to form a coral reef. a reef may grow for thousands of years. the world's largest reef,
the great barrier reef in australia, is more than 1,200 miles long.
coral reefs form in warm waters, often near shores with lots of waves. the waves bring oxygen and food to the reef. the water
must be fairly clear, because coral needs sunlight to live. corals work together with tiny sea plants called algae. the reef gives the algae a
home, and the algae create oxygen and food for the coral. many other plants and animals make their homes on the reef. for example, fish, sea
urchins, sponges, sharks, lobster, and octopus all live and hunt around coral reefs. even though coral reefs cover only about 1 percent of the
ocean floor, they support about 24 percent of all marine creatures.
coral reefs in many parts of the world are now at risk. pollution, harmful fishing practices, and other types of human activity can
damage the reefs. some research suggests that coral reefs could even disappear over the next 50 years. many groups are now working to
prevent further damage to coral reefs and preserve them for future generations.
how does the author develop the idea that coral reefs serve an important purpose?
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1. by explaining that coral reefs are colonies of polyps that act as a single living thing
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2. by describing how coral and algae work as partners in coral reefs and each other live
3. by explaining that many marine plants and animals depend on coral reefs for food and shelter
o 4. by describing how pollution and other harmful human activities put coral reefs at risk

{asap} select the correct text in the passage. which line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling, adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather, and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. lines highlighted: - there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling, - they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather - i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, - i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing.

Pls excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest—in the gale—is heard— and sore must be the storm— that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm— [3] i've heard it in the chillest land— and on the strangest sea— yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb—of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird “never … asked a crumb of me.” which type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

Which organizational method does your reading material suggest is particularlyuseful when writing about a place? of importancecause → effect