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Complete each sentence with the best transition word or phrase.

The Invention of the Washing Machine
In the past, people used sticks and stones or scrub boards to clean their clothing. It was sweaty, backbreaking work. [Therefore,; Of course,; It's no wonder,; To sum up,] we owe a world of thanks to James King. He created the model for the modern washing machine in 1851. This machine cleaned clothes while a person cranked the handle. People who used it developed strong muscles in their arms from turning the handle. [Yet,; For,; So,; Then,] in 1908, Alva J. Fisher created an electric washing machine named Thor. Thor was not the first automatic washing machine. However, it was one of the most popular models at the time.

Read this excerpt from the lady of shalott by alfred, lord tennyson. in which three lines does the poet reveal the monotomy of the lady’s existence

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive