A colon is best used to connect two independent clauses when Select one:
1.the second clause is an elaboration of the first clause.
2.the first clause is the cause and the second clause is the effect.
3.the first clause contains a list.
4.the second clause contains a quotation.

Drag the tiles to the boxes to form correct pairs. david sedaris's essay "our perfect summer" appeared in the june 16, 2003, issue of the new yorker. match each element of sedaris's essay to an element of a narrative essay. tiles time setting plot geographical setting conflict characters pairs the writer and his mother had always talked about the family buying a second home like the rich people they knew. the writer grew up in raleigh, north carolina, and his emerald isle in the summers.

Click to read the passage from "lifeboat ethics," by garrett hardin. then answer the question. what is the author's purpose for including the following example in his argument against rich nations poor nations? a. he wants to explain why more nations need to invest in "miracle" crops. b. he wants to disprove the idea that poor nations will eventually be able to support themselves. c. he wants to prove that the green revolution is the best use of people's money. d. he wants to show a solution to poverty that he believes can actually work.

Antony refers to brutus and his co conspirators as honorable. what effect does the continued repetition of this word have on the tone of the words around it?