Select the sentence or pair of sentences that shows wordiness. Africa's rainforests are home to a vast variety of medicinal plants. Some of these plants are so rare that they are only found in these rainforests. These plants have very distinct health benefits that are difficult, but not impossible, to replicate. The herbal medicine industry relies on resources from the African rainforests for a majority of their raw materials. However, sometimes extracting these plants can be too difficult to be worthwhile. To avoid the difficulty of extracting these rare plants, people may look for substitutes for these rare plants that they can use instead. African rainforests are also home to a number of exotic animals that are not found in other parts of the world. These animals would not be able to survive in another location because they are so precisely adapted to their natural habitat.

What details of the first two paragraphs convey a sense of the ordinary,behind the scenes routines of film critics?

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

Which quotation best supports the authors’ claim and purpose?