Read the following passage: the year is 2186. since the polar ice caps melted several decades ago, humans have been struggling to survive on a planet completely covered by ocean. they subsist only on seafood and fight over scarce fuel resources to power their watercrafts. those who are able to produce fresh water rule over those who cannot. which statement best describes the main idea of this passage? a. people will probably always have conflicts over who is in power. b. society will flourish no matter what natural disasters might occur. c. failure to control global warming now can have dire consequences in the future. d. even if all other resources are eliminated, humans can survive on seafood and water.

Match the elements of historical analysis to the corresponding information about the gettysburg address.

What word or phrase is modified by the prepositional phrase in the sentence below? marisol's puppy likes napping under the couch because it is warm and cozy

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.