Vo-ra. cious (vaw-rey-shuhs, voh-, vuh-1 adj
1. craving or consuming large quantities of food. a voracious appetite.
2. exceedingly eager or avid: voracious readers; a voracious collector.
According to this dictionary definition, which sentence uses the word voracious correctly?
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A)
When the voracious three-year old rampaged through the house, the noise
was deafening.
B)
When I'm feeling voracious, the only thing I want to do is curl up and read
a good book
The voracious teacher assigned endless volumes of homework to her poor,
over-stressed students.
D)
The minotaur had a voracious appetite and regularly devoured sixteen
Athenian youth each year.

What is emerson's argument? nature contains faith and reason. nature reflects disgrace and calamity. nature can repair all things.

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”

Read this passage: many manufacturers prefer plastic as a material for containers because it can be molded into many shapes. but plastic is not very strong. it must be fused with glass or steel for strength. it is also not very durable. even the strongest plastic can break under enough pressure. the biggest disadvantage to using plastic is that it does not decompose. while plastic can be recycled, doing so is tedious and difficult. while it may be more expensive and difficult to work with, aluminum is a much stronger building material with far greater tensile strength. it conducts electricity because it is metal. best of all, aluminum is very easy to recycle. even if it is thrown away, it decomposes much more quickly than most manufacturing materials. how does the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern of the passage support the author's purpose? a. the passage gradually leads up to the point about decomposition to inform the reader about the importance of recycling plastics. b. the passage lists the advantages and disadvantages of each material to make a case for the use of plastic and not aluminum in containers. c. the passage begins with a description of plastic's problems in order to call attention to the good qualities of aluminum. d. the passage shows the superiority of aluminum in order to make a case for the production of stronger plastics.