8. What purpose do the opening two lines of the text have in the development of the

author's ideas?

A. They introduce the author's central idea in his discussion of Alexandra David-

Neel.

B. They help readers understand who Alexandra David-Neel was.

C. They show that Alexandra David-Neel loved to travel and then come back

home.

D. They relate Alexandra David-Neel's life to the reader who goes on journeys.

Plzz me between what two words does the ellipses appear in the following sentence? "the his breakfast." "the" and "cat" "cat" and "ate" "ate" and "his" "his" and "breakfast"

What is meant by “eternally burning black pipes”? what is this implying about the personality of the firemen?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.