What is skimming? a. reading only a document's headings b. looking quickly through a document c. reading the first paragraph of each heading d. looking at a document's first and last paragraphs

In this excerpt from "dover beach" by matthew arnold, which two lines or sets of lines suggest that the speaker has undergone a loss of faith? the sea of faith was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. but now i only hear its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, retreating, to the breath of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear and naked shingles of the world. ah, love, let us be true to one another! for the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams, so various, so beautiful, so new, hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude, nor peace, nor for pain; and we are here as on a darkling plain swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, where ignorant armies clash by night.

Use the dictionary entry for crude to answer the question crude use context clues to choose the sentence that best uses the fourth definition of the word crude. crude ['krüd) adj from latin crudus 1. the quality of being unchanged from the original state 2. the quality of being primitive or uncultured 3. the quality of being obvious 4. the quality of being rough in execution rather than being subtle, selma was rather crude in the way she conducted herself at the meeting. elijah and his brother quickly built a crude shelter that would keep them warm and dry through the night. thelma's knowledge of art and poetry showed the rest of the diners that she was far from crude. there was oil to be found on the property, but it was crude and would need to be processed. mark this and return save and exit next submit

What is the best way to improve the conclusion? add a sentence to the ending that summarizes the writer’s topic. add a sentence to the middle that reflects on the writer’s experiences. revise the final sentence to have a different tone. revise the first sentence to state a future goal.