Read this excerpt from "nixon resigns" by carroll kilpatrick:
largely because of his breakthroughs in negotiations with china and the soviet union, and partly because of divisions in the democratic party, mr. nixon won a mammoth election victory in 1972, only to be brought down by scandals that grew out of an excessive zeal to make certain he would win re-election.

how do the details of this excerpt best develop the central idea that nixon's resignation is tied to the watergate scandal?

a) they illustrate nixon's negotiation skills were overseas but not within his own government.

b)they indicate that nixon was overly focused on winning a second term and willing to do anything to secure victory.

c) they show that even with the democrats' lack of unity, the republicans still focused on ensuring their candidate's electoral triumph.

d)the provide insight into ways peace negotiations could not overshadow nixon's eagerness to defeat his political opponents.

Which describes an effective project plan? o a. the project plan uses abstract language to provide interesting descriptions. o b. the project plan uses researched sources to establish credibility. o c. the project plan uses information that is already known to the reader. o d. the project plan uses visual aids to guide the reader's understanding

Select the correct text in the passage. which part of this excerpt from homer's odyssey uses an epic simile? the king himself the vases ranged with care; then bade his followers to the feast prepare. a victim ox beneath the sacred hand of great alcinous falls, and stains the sand. to jove the eternal (power above all powers! who wings the winds, and darkens heaven with showers) the flames ascend: till evening they prolong the rites, more sacred made by heavenly song; for in the midst, with public honours graced, thy lyre divine, demodocus! was placed. all, but ulysses, heard with fix'd delight; he sate, and eyed the sun, and wish’d the night; slow seem’d the sun to move, the hours to roll, his native home deep-imaged in his soul. as the tired ploughman, spent with stubborn toil, whose oxen long have torn the furrow'd soil, sees with delight the sun's declining ray, when home with feeble knees he bends his way to late repast (the day's hard labour done); so to ulysses welcome set the sun; then instant to alcinous and the rest (the scherian states) he turn’d, and thus address'd: "o thou, the first in merit and command! and you the peers and princes of the land! may every joy be yours! nor this the least, when due libation shall have crown'd the feast,

In paragraph 6, cinderella is a metaphor that represents