What is most likely the author's intent by including all the detail about the appearance of the cacao tree? A) The author wanted to convince the reader to grow his or her own cacao trees because they are not too large.

B) The author intended to create irony by emphasizing how such a simple tree produces such a popular product.

C) The author intended to demonstrate how much of nature is undiscovered but could potentially hold the key to financial success.

D) The author intended to draw the reader's attention away from the process of making chocolate to the nature involved in chocolate.
Part B:

Which sentence best supports your answer from part A?

A) It all starts with a humble cacao tree.

B) The name cacao fittingly means "food of the gods."

C) These trees, which grow predominately in tropical climates, thrive in shaded areas and look similar to apple trees.

D) They have big, broad leaves, colorful pink and white flowers, and the highly–sought after seed pods.

The knights of the round table were bound by the code of chivalry that called for loyalty to king, god, and lady.  in which set of lines from  sir gawain and the green knight  does sir gawain describe upholding this code?

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban. i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets. how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction. it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values. it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba. it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.

Which word in this excerpt from act i, scene i, of richard iii means “to listen”