Read the paragraph from the hot zone. jerry jaax was going to be the first man in, the point man. he had decided to take with him one of his officers, captain mark haines, a former green beret. he was a short, intense man with a whipcord body who had been through the green berets' scuba-diving school. he had jumped out of airplanes at night into the open sea, wearing scuba gear. ("i'll tell you one thing," haines once said to me. "i don't do scuba diving for fun as a civilian. the majority of my diving has been in the middle east.") captain haines was not a man who would get claustrophobia and go into a panic in a space suit. furthermore, captain haines was a veterinarian. he understood monkeys. the author most likely included this paragraph toa)persuade the reader that captain mark haines was highly qualified to assist. b)explain why jerry jaax chose captain mark haines to accompany him inside. c)create a vivid image of the men who are entering the hazardous building. d)inform the reader that jerry jaax is a man who carefully considers his options.

“third, all reviewers have a bias – no matter how impartial they try to be, opinions on movies are just that: opinions. this isn’t necessarily a bad thing: if you read a review by a critic that you know prefers foreign films, you know how seriously you should take his scathing critique of ironman.” according to this passage, all reviewers a. prefer foreign films c. have bias b. hated the movie ironman d. refuse to watch popular films

How does the authors discussion of sujatha baliga's own experiences with abuse and forgiveness contribute to the text

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.