Why is it so important to find the main idea in each paragraph when reading an expository text?
a. it is critical for comprehension.
b. it allows for transitions in the text.
c. it supports the author's arguments.
d. it is critical for scanning the text.

Read these lines from "an open boat" and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses,
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat,
 which of the end rhymes below matches the one in the last line of the excerpt? “he’s living, i know. but he’s numbed with the cold.” “and there are no voices or ghosts in that darkness.” “and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.” “come. loosen your fingers. – o god, let me keep him! ”

Study the map below. based on the information shown on this map, which ofthe following locations served as an eastern border for the mongol empire?

How does a wilted rose represent/symbolizes dark romanticism