Are they simple, compound, or complex sentences? i really appreciate it!

1. ida tarbell and jacob riis were two american writers who exposed social
problems.

2. ida tarbell attacked john d. rockefeller's control of the oil industry, and jacob riis criticized conditions in urban slums.

3. although john d. rockefeller was a heartless businessman, he gave away over 520 million dollars after his retirement.

4. streets and cities were unbelievably dirty, and the street lighting was bad.

5. many houses have no running water; tall buildings had no fire escapes.

6. fire was a constant threat because most buildings were wooden and have little space between them.

7. rees believe that such conditions were unhealthy and unsafe.

8. jane addams established a famous settlement house in chicago in 1889.

9. settlement houses provided neighborhood people with hot meals and educational and cultural activities.

10. many people made suggestions for improvements in cities but progress was slow.

Is "words dying" personification? !

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.