4. How does the author support the idea that the Fertile Crescent is the birthplace of many cultural
developments?
OA by providing examples of literary and legal
achievements in the area
OB by listing the many great conquerors that ruled
the region
O c by identifying the grains and cereals that were
important in the region
OD by describing the relationship between people
and God in Mesopotamian literature

On her zoo blog, bindi describes the experience of walking the red carpet with her mum that evening, and the unmatched joy of what happened soon after. “all the categories came up, but then mine did! they said all these top actresses' names then my name! the guy said 'and the winner is . . ’ . . my heart stopped . . ‘bindi irwin! ’ i could not believe it, i won! i was amazed, in tears, i could hardly talk! i’ll never forget that great trip! ” what does the hyperbole in the excerpt the reader understand about bindi? she had a medical problem. she was extremely frightened. she became very excited. she won an important award.

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