HELP ME I NEED HELP WITH THIS ASAP!!!!!!!!!! In paragraph 1, the author provides background on the Transcontinental Railroad and presents the passage’s central idea. Which sentence from the paragraph best states the central idea?
A
The Transcontinental Railroad was perhaps the most monumental technological achievement of the Industrial Revolution.
B
On May 10, 1869, in Promontory, Utah, after great fanfare, a railroad worker heaved a large sledgehammer and drove the final spike of the railroad.
C
The strike literally was heard all around the country, as operators of the railroad companies had wired the spike into the transcontinental telegraph line.
D
The land and peoples of the United States would never be the same. HELP ME I NEED HELP WITH THIS ASAP!!!!!!!!!!
Answer:
A
Explanation:
The sentence that best states the central idea in the paragraph is:
A. "The Transcontinental Railroad was perhaps the most monumental technological achievement of the Industrial Revolution."
Which of the following source locations requires you to check out the organization first because the source may or may not be reliable?
A) .com
B) .edu
C) .gov
D) .org
A city that has an elevation of -17 meters is closer to sea level than a city that has an elevation of -40 meters
Answer:
Agree/ True
Explanation:
-17 is closer to 0 than -40 is,
-17 is 17 meters away and -40 is 40 meters away from sea level
Answer:
True
Explanation:
-17 is closer to 0 than -40 because when your trying to find out which one is closer you take away the negative and turn it into a positive then you find which one is closer and/or further
1): True or False A website with information about guinea pigs with the URL address is a reliable source.
2): Which sentence effectively uses technical language to describe an opera performance? A) The singer hit a note so high it felt like it could break glass.
B) The opera consisted of two halves with a break in the middle. C)The aria included a performance by a soprano and an alto with a cadenza.
D) The performance involved a woman with a high-pitched voice.
3): Match the example to the figurative language
- She ran like the wind.
- Ladies like to laugh at lunch.
- I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
- The building rumbled and groaned before crashing down.
- The trees danced in the wind.
- My mom is an angel.
O metaphor
O onomatopoeia
O alliteration
O hyperbole
O simile
O personification
Answer:
1: False
Without knowing the specific URL address or evaluating the website's content, it is not possible to determine whether a website with information about guinea pigs is a reliable source. Therefore, the answer is: Cannot be determined (since there is not enough information to determine its reliability).
2:
The sentence that effectively uses technical language to describe an opera performance is:
C) The aria included a performance by a soprano and an alto with a cadenza.
3.
Match the example to the figurative language:
She ran like the wind.[tex]\longrightarrow [/tex]simile
Ladies like to laugh at lunch[tex]\longrightarrow [/tex]alliteration
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse[tex]\longrightarrow [/tex]hyperbole
The building rumbled and groaned before crashing down[tex]\longrightarrow [/tex]personification
The trees danced in the wind[tex]\longrightarrow [/tex]personification
My mom is an angel[tex]\longrightarrow [/tex]metaphor