Excerpt from: old ironsides oliver wendell holmes oh, better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave; her thunders shook the mighty deep, and there should be her grave; nail to the mast her holy flag, set every threadbare sail, and give her to the god of storms, the lightning and the gale. what does the speaker envision as a fitting end for this ship? a) she should go down in one last glorious battle. b) the people on shore should take her from the ocean. c) she should be set out to sea and given up to a storm.*** k12 answer d) the people should take her in to a safe harbor and turn her into a shrine.

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.