Read the excerpt from "Thomas Edison: The Master of Improvement.” It was this same stubborn resolve that made Edison’s lightbulb more successful than Swan’s. Edison thought that the secret to a better bulb could be found in the filament. He simply needed to figure out what type of material worked best. Edison tried metal first. Then he tried different kinds of wood, coconut fiber, and even the hair from a friend’s beard!

Which phrase from the excerpt best supports the author’s view that Edison’s determination helped him succeed?

made Edison’s lightbulb more successful than Swan’s

Edison thought that the secret to a better bulb could be found

needed to figure out what type of material worked best

he tried different kinds of wood, coconut fiber, and even the hair. I WILL MARK BRAINLIEST

Antony refers to brutus and his co conspirators as honorable.what effect does the continued repetition of this word have on the tone of the words around it?

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.

How does woodrow wilson make his central idea more persuasive? he argues that free trade and unrestricted commerce is the best way to ensure peace, he argues that the german people want peac and would welcome us intervention. he claims that the united states is now a major power and must restore peace, he concludes by arguing that only war can ensure others the peace and freedom that americans enjoy the answer is d. he concludes by arguing