Read the following sentences. 1. Leonardo da Vinci was a creative and logical thinker and made contributions to the world in all kinds of fields such as, but not limited to, botany, anatomy, mechanics, hydraulics, and so on. 2. Leonardo da Vinci was a creative and logical thinker, contributing to many diverse fields such as botany, anatomy, mechanics, hydraulics. Why is sentence 2 written more effectively than sentence 1?

A. Sentence 2 is written more concisely than sentence 1.
B. The structure of sentence 2 is varied, whereas the structure of sentence 1 is not.
C. The structure of sentence 2 is parallel, whereas the structure of sentence 1 is not.
D. Sentence 2 is written with better modifiers than sentence 1.

Which of the following describes the structure of this excerpt best? a.free verse b.sonnet c.ballad d.blank verse

She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. the spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. she did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. she had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. if the animal had died of ebola, this was not a clear case. she opened up the intestine. there was no blood inside it. the gut looked okay. then she examined the stomach. there she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. this could be a sign of ebola, but it was not a clear sign. it could also be a sign of simian fever, not ebola. therefore, she could not confirm the presence of ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy.

Alvarez instruction active understanding characters what can you conclude about the daughters, based on the passage? check all that apply. her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment to talk to them: they were having trouble at school or they wanted her to persuade their father to give them permission to go into the city or to a shopping mall or a movie - in broad daylight, mami! laura would wave them out of her room. "the problem with you " the problem boiled down to the fact that they wanted to become americans and their father and their mother, too, at first - would have none of it. -“daughter of invention," julia alvarez they struggle to fit in. they feel supported by their mother. they value their mother's advice. they embrace american culture. they want to leave new york