"Now, Ernesto, you are the man of the family. You will take care of your mother until we are together in Sacramento. How do you say por favor?"
"Plees."
"Right, how do you say cuánto es?"
"Hau-mochee."
"How do you say qué hora es, por favor?"
"Hua-tinees, plees."
"Correct."
Which effective writing technique is the author mainly using in this excerpt?
O expressing feelings
O logical sequencing
O interesting dialogue
O detailed action

From his studies of coptic, champollion knew that the egyptian word for "sun" was pronounced rah. he wrote down the first two letters of that sound, ra. next he put a question mark for the unknown middle hieroglyph. then, at the end, he wrote ss, the sound of the last two hieroglyphs. he studied the combination: ra ? ss. suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient greek chronicles and also in the biblical book of exodus: rameses, or ramesses. could this be a hieroglyphic representation of ramesses' name? based on the excerpt, what detail did champollion need to conclude that the hieroglyphics might represent ramesses’s name?

Which of the following arguments uses a non sequitur fallacy? a. if we allow students to wear caps to school, soon we'll have to let them wear gang colors. b. you should vote for sylvia for class president because everyone else on the squad is voting for her. c. regulations on motorists should be lifted because factories are a bigger source of pollution. d. the gray wolves of winter falls park should be protected because they need our support.

Which of the following statements is a claim of definition?