What is the main idea of Long-Term Monitoring of the Hudson River? A. The number of large zebra mussels in the Hudson River has gone down in recent years, but scientists predicted that change and are not surprised by it.  

B. The number of small zebra mussels in the Hudson River has unexpectedly gone down in recent years, so scientists have decided to change the focus of their studies on the Hudson River.  

C. The number of zooplankton in the Hudson River has unexpectedly gone up in recent years, so scientists expect the number of zebra mussels to increase as well.  

D. The number of large zebra mussels in the Hudson River has unexpectedly gone down in recent years, but scientists will continue to study the river to understand the invasion’s changing impact

Click to read the passage from "lifeboat ethics," by garrett hardin. then answer the question. what is the author's purpose for including the following example in his argument against rich nations poor nations? a. he wants to explain why more nations need to invest in "miracle" crops. b. he wants to disprove the idea that poor nations will eventually be able to support themselves. c. he wants to prove that the green revolution is the best use of people's money. d. he wants to show a solution to poverty that he believes can actually work.

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

Which of the following does not apply to an informative text? select all that apply. persuasive techniques supporting evidence opinions narrative text