Read this passage:
two french brothers invented the hot air balloon. they made the balloon out of paper and filled it with smoke. the smoke warmed the air inside the balloon. this made it lighter than the cool air outside the balloon. it was light enough to rise into the sky.
which sentence best summarizes the passage?
a. a hot air balloon contains smoke, which warms the air in it and makes it lighter than the air surrounding it.
b. two french brothers built the first hot air balloon from paper, warming the air inside with smoke so it would rise.
c. here is the rest smoke warms the air in a hot air balloon so the balloon is able to rise into the sky.
d. the first hot air balloon was invented by two french brothers and was made out of paper.

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness. which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds. the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure. the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree. the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

What task did the surveyors do? a. they studied the landscape to determine the most direct route for building a road. b. they designed treadmills that lifted blocks of stone to where they were needed. c. they dug trenches and filled them with sand, concrete, and large blocks to form a road.

This excerpt is repeated several times. what effect does this repetition have on the epic