You can tell from her (accent/ascent/assent) that she is from Texas. The men were (all ready/already) exhausted from the battle.

Colonel Travis ordered his troops to (cease/seize) firing.

The hopelessness of the situation does not (distract/detract) from the Texans' bravery.

By the end of the battle, hundreds lay (deceased/diseased) on the ground.

Santa Anna's army used ladders in their (accent/ascent/assent) of the Alamo's walls.

The Mexican general tried to (illicit/elicit) a surrender from the defenders.

The reinforcements arrived (latter/later) than expected.

The soldiers were (all ready/already) for the attack.

Travis worried about the civilians in the Alamo, but they did not (distract/detract) him from his goal Santa Anna's army tried to (cease/seize) the Alamo by force.

A few soldiers were (deceased/diseased) and too weak to fight.​

“insects for dinner” combines a scientific tone with a more informal one. give some examples of diction from the article that’s creates both lines

Which three parts of this passage from chapter 6 of emily brontë's wuthering heights show that hindley earnshaw did not care about the well-being of catherine and heathcliff after the death of mr. earnshaw? they both promised fair to grow up as rude as savages; the young master being entirely negligent how they behaved, and what they did, so they kept clear of him. he would not even have seen after their going to church on sundays, only joseph and the curate reprimanded his carelessness when they absented themselves; and that reminded him to order heathcliff a flogging, and catherine a fast from dinner or supper. but it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and the after punishment grew a mere thing to laugh at. the curate might set as many chapters as he for catherine to get by heart, and joseph might thrash heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge; and many a time i’ve cried to myself to watch them growing more reckless daily, and i not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power i still retained over the unfriended creatures. one sunday evening, it chanced that they were banished from the sitting-room, for making a noise, or a light offence of the kind; and when i went to call them to supper, i could discover them nowhere. we searched the house, above and below, and the yard and stables; they were invisible: and, at last, hindley in a passion told us to bolt the doors, and swore nobody should let them in that night. the household went to bed; and i, too, anxious to lie down, opened my lattice and put my head out to hearken, though it rained: determined to admit them in spite of the prohibition, should they return.

Which line from “a simple way to create suspense” best supports the central idea that writers should not give their readers answers too quickly? a. the reader learns to chase, and the momentum becomes unstoppable. b. so writers are taught to focus on ingredients and their combination. c. we had to invent a solution to the serious problem it posed. d. thus the principle works in a micro sense, as well as in a macro one.