When food rations had to be cut, why did squealer speak of it as a "readjustment," never as a "reduction"?

Select the correct text in the passage. in this excerpt from black beauty by anna sewell, identify the transition word or phrase.

It will be through raising high the prestige of your administration by success in short-range recovery, that you will have the driving force to accomplish long-range reform. on the other hand, even wise and necessary reform may, in some respects, impede and complicate recovery. what is the purpose of the transitional phrase on the other hand in this excerpt? a) it provides a counter-argument to the writer's main ideas. b) it provides a hypothetical situation for the reader to ponder. c) it provides additional evidence in favor of the writer's argument. d) it provides information about laws that are opposed to the writer's argument.

Decide whether each item is a sentence or a fragment. if its a sentence, write sentence. if it is a fragment, rewrite it to make a sentence. 1.)his mother, a gentle, yet strong woman. 2.)stepped from the boat after a rugged trip across the atlantic. 3.)diane dipped her doughnut into her milk before taking a bite. 4.)into the sky filled with dark thunderclouds. 5.)the car's hood, hot from the sun's rays.