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Which source would provide the best support for the following thesis statement?

Carefully adjusting the aerodynamics of a vehicle can substantially improve its gas mileage.

A) a book that discusses well-known sports cars

B) an article explaining the factors that affect gas mileage

C) an interview with the designer of a classic car

D) a diagram showing the key systems of a car

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Hich excerpt from fast food nation best illustrates the use of the rhetorical appeal logos? teenagers open the fast food outlets in the morning, close them at night, and keep them going at all hours in between. elisa’s mother usually drives her the half-mile or so to the restaurant, but sometimes elisa walks, leaving home before the sun rises. the labor practices of the fast food industry have their origins in the assembly line systems adopted by american manufacturers in the early twentieth century. fast food kitchens often seem like a scene from bugsy malone, a film in which all the actors are children pretending to be adults.

Which pair of words has similar denotation but different connotations?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.