Which statement best tells how the underlined words in the paragraph are related?

its trunk is one of an elephant's distinctive body parts. with this prominent feature, the elephant can smell water from a great distance. it also uses it to suck up the water it needs. one type of elephant can use two finger-like parts at the end of its trunk for picking up things. baby elephants have to learn to use their trunks, which grow longer soon after birth. sometimes baby elephants even tread on their trunks when they walk.

a.
both are words that tell how the elephant's trunk stands out and is special.

b.
both are words that tell what the elephant can do with its trunk.

c.
both are words that tell how much the elephant uses its trunk when it is young.

d.
both are words that tell what the elephant's trunk looks like

the underlined words are distinctive and prominent

Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten twain’s words?

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a. to show where the shoes came from b. to show how valuable the shoes were c. to reveal why stanley was arrested d. to give background on the homeless shelter

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