Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. The graphs show the change in the mass of land ice sheets in Antarctica at the South Pole and in Greenland near the North Pole. Study the graphs, and then complete the passage.

The two graphs show that Earth’s polar regions are_ A gaining , B Losing
land ice. Climate scientists hypothesize that this change is happening because of_ A. an increase , B a decrease
in global temperatures. According to the graphs, the North Pole is losing ice at a_ A. slower , B faster
rate than the South Pole.

What questions should readers ask about the exposition of a story?

In this unit activity, you will analyze aspects of the medieval english stories  the canterbury tales  and  sir gawain and the green knight.  you will also read george orwell’s essay “politics and the english language,” analyze it, and express your own views on how language usage changes over time.

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.