18) Which detail would function as a counter-claim to the main thesis of this passage?
A)
The PIGE process is not only easier to use than the
PIXE process, it is also cheaper for manufacturers to
use.
B)
Although the PIGE process uses nuclear physics, it is
a far safer process than the previously used PIXE
process.
The PIGE process has a 90% success rate at
C) detecting harmful per-fluorinated chemicals in
manufacturers' raw materials.

Locate the complete verbal phrase and identify its use. the birds singing in the trees cheered her. verbal phrase: type: unlimited attempts remain

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)

Which of these statements is evaluative in nature a) the short passage creates a brilliant and sketch of gabriel b) resulting from the fact that gabriel is observant, he is also reflective c) the way gabriel looks at his wife shows that he is a detached onlooker d) that gabriel is observant is evident from the minute details he notices