Read this excerpt from "the city without us": the notion that someday nature could swallow whole something so colossal and concrete as a modern city doesn't slide easily into our imaginations. the sheer titanic presence of a new york city resists efforts to picture it wasting away. the events of september 2001 showed only what human beings with explosive hardware can do, not crude processes like erosion or rot. . nevertheless, the time it would take nature to rid itself of what urbanity has wrought may be less than we might suspect. ( 1 ) which idea is repeated more than once in the excerpt? a. the september 11 attacks demonstrate humanity's destructiveness. b. the time nature would need to reclaim the city is very short. c. nature conquering a whole city is hard to imagine. d. explosive hardware and erosion and rot are similar processes.

Either you must stop eating my food from the refrigerator or you must pay me for it. 8. what type of conjunction is used in the sentence?

What syllables in "arrived" are stressed/unstressed?

If you get me a passing grade ill give u a you and brainlest : ) 1. which is the best paraphrase of these lines from "new world"? eagles / hie and / hover / above / the plain a)eagles hurry and hang above the flatland. b)eagles hang in midair and wave their wings. c)eagles race and rush in an ugly way. d)eagles soar and swoop in a simple, everyday way. 2. in "january," what does the speaker mean by the image in the following lines? the sun a spark hung thin between the dark and dark. a)the sun barely shows behind the dark clouds. b)the sun sends off thin sparks in the night. c)the sun appears for only a short time between the long winter nights. d)the sun is unable to relieve the depression of winter. 3. which phrase from the lines you identify the correct answer to the previous question? a)the sun b)a spark c)hung thin d)and dark 5. which word in this sentence is a personal pronoun in the objective case? we know two tour guides, and they gave us a tour themselves. a)we b)they c)us d)themselves 6. which of the following sentences uses a pronoun in the possessive case? a)ask sarah to pass the chips to me. b)check for my signature on the front page c)he went to the park to find the dog. d)the winner of the contest was she. revise the following sentence so it uses a pronoun in the objective case. i took the book from ian. a)ian handed the book to me b)he handed the book over. c)i took his book. d)we exchanged books. 8. in which situation are you most likely use the word tongue? a)translating a book from german to engli b)writing an ad for a new business c)carrying some groceries into your home d)driving in a car to the store 9. in which hobby would you most likely know about the word pollen? a)fencing b)knitting c)gardenin d)bowling 10. which word is an antonym for exquisite? a)flawe b)complicated c)gorgeous d)effortless