(1) The Washington Monument is a tall, stone structure located in Washington, DC, that honors America's first president. (2) It is one of the oldest and best-known attractions in our nation's capital. (3) The structure is over 555 feet tall and 15 feet thick at its base. (4) The monument took almost 40 years to build and was finished in 1884. (5) A lack of funds and the outbreak of the Civil War postponed its construction. (6) The Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865. (7) Every year, thousands of people from around the world visit the famous structure.

Maria is revising her slide presentation and would like to shorten it. Which sentence is she able to omit without deleting any important information?
A) sentence 3
B) sentence 6
C) sentence 2
D) sentence 7

Which lines from ovid’s "pyramus and thisbe" establish setting?

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What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir