The repetition of the phrase “which they are not” in the first paragraph (sentences 2 and 3) achieves which of the following effects? It refutes the authors’ critics by underlining the lack of evidence for their arguments.

It refutes the authors’ critics by underlining the lack of evidence for their arguments.
A

It reinforces the authors’ overarching claim by reiterating it in increasingly absolute terms.

It reinforces the authors’ overarching claim by reiterating it in increasingly absolute terms.
B

It previews the passage’s line of reasoning by introducing a comparison that is developed in subsequent paragraphs.

It previews the passage’s line of reasoning by introducing a comparison that is developed in subsequent paragraphs.
C

It demonstrates that science depends on accumulating data by listing the observations that lead to the authors’ conclusion.

It demonstrates that science depends on accumulating data by listing the observations that lead to the authors’ conclusion.
D

It justifies the authors’ efforts to define science by emphasizing the flaws of existing definitions.

Write two paragraphs describing how your chosen theme relates to the characterization and setting in "the yellow wallpaper." one paragraph should focus on characterization, and the other should focus on setting. back up your ideas in each paragraph by summarizing the story in a way that emphasizes the most important details.

[1] nothing that comes from the desert expresses its extremes better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas. tormented, thin forests of it stalk drearily in the high mesas, particularly in that triangular slip that fans out eastward from the meeting of the sierras and coastwise hills. the yucca bristles with bayonet-pointed leaves, dull green, growing shaggy with age like an old [5] man's tangled gray beard, tipped with panicles of foul, greenish blooms. after its death, which is slow, the ghostly hollow network of its woody skeleton, with hardly power to rot, makes even the moonlight fearful. but it isn't always this way. before the yucca has come to flower, while yet its bloom is a luxurious, creamy, cone-shaped bud of the size of a small cabbage, full of sugary sap. the indians twist it deftly out of its fence of daggers and roast the prize for their [10] own delectation why does the author use the words "bayonet-pointed" (line 4) and "fence of daggers" (line 9) to describe the leaves of the yucca tree? . to create an image of the sharp edges of the plant to emphasize how beautiful the plant's leaves are to explain when and where the plant grows to show how afraid the author is of the plant

Would the essay be more effective in explaining the concept of dead reckoning if you knew from the beginning that ahmed is an ant?