(1) exercise provides many benefits. (2) it strengthens muscles. (3) it prevent unhealthful weight gain. (4) it may reduce the risk of some cancers. (5) these are not the only benefits of exercise, however. (6) a recent study concludes that exercise provides mental health benefits too. (7) during exercise, the body produces endorphins. (8) these natural compounds people relax and may lift people’s spirits.

which is the most effective way to vary the length of the sentences in the passage?

Which of the following questions could you ask in a discussion on vacation destinations to establish common ground?

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Why is reasoning relivant to reading and evaluate text?