Which sentence contains the strongest connotation for the emotion of fear?

a. aiden's body froze like an icicle and his heart pounded as he peered over the railing at the top of the skyscraper.
b. aiden's body stiffened and his heartbeat sped up as he glanced over the railing at the top of the skyscraper.
c. aiden's body stilled and his heart beat loudly as he gazed over the railing at the top of the skyscraper.
d. aiden's body became tense and his heart beat rapidly as he looked over the railing at the top of the skyscraper.

Amy tried to write her essay but she was distracted by the phone ring the sentence above combines a. an independent clayse and a dependent clause b. two independent clauses c. a dependent clause d. none if the above

Which revision, if any, best fixes the bolded (capitalized in this case) part of the sentence? female cardinals, a somewhat drab bird compared to the males, blend in well with their environment. no change somewhat drab birds a somewhat drab's bird somewhat drab bird's

Which of these number is main idea? i need . (1) the health-care field is now a stable middle-class career path for a number of americans, especially women. (2) "we used to think about the men going out with their lunch bucket to their factory, and those were good jobs," said jane waldfogel, a professor at columbia university who studies work and family issues. (3) "what's the corresponding job today? (4) it's in the health-care sector." (5) in 1980, 1.4 million jobs in health care paid a middle-class wage; today, the figure is 4.5 million. (6) the pay of registered nurses—now the third-largest middle-income occupation and one that continues to be overwhelmingly female—has risen strongly. (7) the median salary of $61,000 a year in 2012 was 55 percent greater, adjusted for inflation, than it was three decades earlier. (8) back then, more than a quarter of middle-income jobs were in manufacturing, a sector long dominated by men. (9) now, as of 2015, it is just 13 percent. (10) tabitha waugh is one success story; the daughter of a teacher's aide and a gas station manager, she now works as a registered nurse for $27 an hour.