Read the excerpt from The Secret Garden:
The most absorbing thing, however, was the preparations to be made before Colin could be
transported with sufficient secrecy to the garden... It was almost as serious and elaborately
thought out as the plans of march made by great generals in time of war.
What is the meaning of the figurative language "the plans of march made by great generals in
time of war"?

They must be careful and go undetected.

It took a great deal of strategic planning.

It is a big undertaking.

They need a lot of people to help them.

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This is the noun or pronoun to which a pronoun refers.

Explain the process of conflict resolution in the plot line of the story

The rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas? a) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. b) permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." c) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden; " and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. d) because of the rich natural resources which made the sacramento valley a ‘garden of eden,’ native americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.