"leaders must continue to encourage their colleagues at home and abroad to be forthcoming with information critical to global response efforts," dobriansky said at the meeting. "providing accurate information to international partners can significantly limit both the human and economic impacts of an outbreak."

what is the author's purpose for including paragraph 5? a) to quote someone so that it gives the article more authority b) to make it sound like there is someone who knows what they’re talking about c) to urge other leaders globally to unite with international partners working together to solve the problem d) to get leaders to solve the problem in their communities, countries, etc. so it doesn’t spread even further

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Which statement correctly describes the verb function in this sentence? the word “dancing” is a verb that functions as a noun. the word “dancing” is a verb that functions as an adjective. the word “becoming” is a verb that functions as a noun. the word “becoming” is a verb that functions as an adjective.

Think about the noes story. which fits best on the blank line above?