People should consider the benefits when making a difficult decision(example)

What is the most likely reason the author chose to use the words daunting challenge?

Which word is closest to the meaning of the underlined word as it is used in the paragraph? use the thesaurus to find the correct meaning. as the police detective questioned the elegantly dressed woman, she became indignant. she wanted to know why she had been called in for questioning. when she learned she was free to leave, she stormed out of the room. indignant adj. angry adj. annoyed adj. irritated adj. resentful angry resentful irritated annoyed

Read the following excerpt from "the city without us" by alan weisman: almost every other compound in nature contracts when frozen, but h20 (water) molecules do the opposite, organizing themselves into elegant hexagonal crystals that take up about 9 percent more space than they did when sloshing around in a liquid state. pretty six-sided crystals suggest snowflakes so gossamer it's hard to conceive of them pushing apart slabs of sidewalk. which statement best describes the effect of the metaphor on the excerpt's meaning? o a. it likens h2o molecules to hexagonal crystals, which are actually larger than people imagine. o b. it makes the frozen crystals seem like friends to the city to contrast with what a deceitful foe they are. o c. it compares the sloshing liquid to a river of water able to push apart the sidewalk o d. it compares the frozen crystals to delicately lacy snowflakes having an unexpected strength (apex)