While doing some reading for a current events project in her government class, Melanie read the following headlines for articles about the town mayor:

“Following Economic Gains, Mayor’s Approval Rating Climbs to 45 Percent”

“Despite Strong Economy, Fewer Than Half of Citizens Approve of Mayor”

Based on these headlines, which of the following is likely to be a point of conflict, or disagreement, between these two texts?

A.
whether the public perception of the mayor is poor or improving
B.
what the mayor’s actual approval rating currently is
C.
the current state of the economy in the mayor’s area
D.
the reasons behind the mayor’s current approval rating

In "there will come soft rains," why does the author turn the house into a mechanical creature? a. to stress how well run the future will be b. to keep readers from realizing at the start that no humans are present c. to stress how scientific advances can create the perfect society d. to compare the present with the earlier, non-mechanical times

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.she dwelt among the untrodden waysbeside the springs of dove,a maid whom there were none to praiseand very few to love: a violet by a mossy stonehalf hidden from the eye! fair as a star, when only oneis shining in the sky.she lived unknown, and few could knowwhen lucy ceased to be; but she is in her grave, and, oh,the difference to me! (wordsworth, "she dwelt among the untrodden ways")which option best explains how the choice of the word oh in the final stanza contributes to the poem's meaning? it was selected to create a regular end rhyme.it was selected to establish assonance in the line.it was selected to maintain the line's iambic structure.it was selected to stress the poet's sense of loss.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.