The red maple tree is a flowering plant. The longleaf pine tree is a nonflowering plant. Both trees go through various stages in their life cycles. Which stage occurs in the life cycles of both trees?

making seeds

Explanation:

The plant that bear flower at least once during its life cycle, it is said to be a flowering plant. Bearing flower is an essential part of the process of reproduction of a flowering plant.

The plant that never bear a flower in its life cycle but still is able to produce the seeds, is said to be a non-flowering plant.  

The fact common in both the flowering and non flowering plants is that both of them produce seeds.

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.