Amid the many horrors of the vietnam war, i found one of the worst to be the waiting — those quiet times of inactivity when anticipation of the next attack weighed on me like a pile of bricks. i might be lying in the mud along a creek bed somewhere, completely oblivious to the cold, the wet earth, or the smell of gunpowder still fresh in my nostrils. it was those times of waiting that showed me i had nothing else in my mind — no past, no future, no ideas. just a raw awareness of the moment. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. for years after that, i would remember the terror and suspense of those long minutes spent waiting. b. in the quiet of the jungle, the rippling sounds of the creek carried me back to happier days on my parents' farm. c. the jungle had reached into my mind, and its thick vines choked out everything else that had been there. d. i could hear my own pulse drumming in my ears, but my only thought was to remain still and quiet.

Which word or phrase would smooth the transition between sentence 1 and sentence 2? o "in conclusion" o "for example" o "therefore" o"because"

The associated press is a wire service in of news around the world. 1.portable 2.importer 3.reporter 4.transport which will fill in the blank need plz

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 norway gazed down upon the world from it’s 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.