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part a: which statement best expresses the central idea of the text?

a. people have different dreams for different reasons, making it difficult for scientists to answer the question “why do humans dream? ”
b.
most of the theories that scientists have about dreams show their benefits; however, there are no concrete conclusions for why humans dream
c.
scientists struggle to understand why people dream as there is currently no way to see what goes on in the brain when someone sleeps.
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since humans are the only creatures that dream, scientists believe that dreaming is an important part of humans’ advanced intelligence.

From his studies of coptic, champollion knew that the egyptian word for "sun" was pronounced rah. he wrote down the first two letters of that sound, ra. next he put a question mark for the unknown middle hieroglyph. then, at the end, he wrote ss, the sound of the last two hieroglyphs. he studied the combination: ra ? ss. suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient greek chronicles and also in the biblical book of exodus: rameses, or ramesses. could this be a hieroglyphic representation of ramesses' name? based on the excerpt, what detail did champollion need to conclude that the hieroglyphics might represent ramesses’s name?

What language device is used in the highlighted text?

The famous quote "the jungle is dark but full of diamonds" could be alluding to death. question 1 options: a) true b) false