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Read the passage.

The Sandia Mountains

Surrounding New Mexico’s largest city are some of the most majestic and awe-inspiring mountains in the Southwest. The Sandia Mountain range stretches only 17 miles. Its highest point, Sandia Crest, is just over 10,000 feet high. This point is two miles above sea level but only one mile above the city of Albuquerque.

The word sandia means “watermelon” in Spanish. The range received its name because of the deep reds, maroons, and pinks that make up its granite and limestone faces. These colors are especially striking at sunset. The westward face of the range is characterized by its rugged, sheer cliffs and large, rocky outgrowths. The eastward face slopes gradually and is covered in the green of pine and juniper trees.

The Sandia Mountains have many different attractions that draw tourists each year. One of these is the “Sandia Man” cave, first discovered and excavated in the 1930s. During its excavation, human tools and clothing were found, as well as the remains of a prehistoric mastodon. Evidence at the cave site dates human usage between nine and eleven thousand years ago, making this one of the oldest human habitats in North America.

Another attraction is the Sandia Peak Tramway. This tram system has two tram cars that run every 15 to 30 minutes. One car ascends the mountain, taking passengers to the top where they disembark. The other descends the mountain, bringing them back down. First opened in 1966, the cars hold a maximum of 55 passengers. During construction of the tram, thousands of helicopter flights lifted cables, workers, and materials to build the two towers to the mountaintop.

The total length of the tram system extends nearly three miles. The span that extends from the second tower to the peak is the third longest clear span in the world. A clear span is a "length of cable between supporting towers." The cars travel at a speed of 12 miles per hour and provide passengers with an unimpeded view of the city of Albuquerque, the Rio Grande, and even three extinct volcanoes.

Tram passengers are also able to see a wide variety of birds and animals native to the mountain’s ecosystem. As a passenger on the Sandia Peak Tramway, you might see golden eagles, Steller’s jays, ravens, and canyon wrens. You may also glimpse a few land animals like mule deer, black bears, and bobcats.

What is the author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph of “The Sandia Mountains”?

to convince the reader that the Sandia Mountains are special

to give the reader basic statistics about the Sandia Mountains

to describe for the reader what the Sandia Mountains look like

to persuade the reader to visit the Sandia Mountains

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Answer 1

Answer:

Your answer should be: to describe for the reader what the Sandia Mountains look like.

Explanation:

The author gives you details about what the mountains look like, and you can picture what they look like without searching it online. Hope this helped :)

Answer 2

Answer:

C.) To describe to the reader what the Sandia Mountains look like.

Explanation:

The Author uses specific words and clear names of certain things to describe the scenery of the mountains such as:

"Deep reds, maroons, and pinks that make up its granite and limestone faces." -Line 2

"The westward face of the range is characterized by its rugged, sheer cliffs and large, rocky outgrowths." -Line 4

"The eastward face slopes gradually and is covered in the green of pine and juniper trees." -Line 5

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Related Questions

Write a thesis statement for your argument for why kids should do vollunteer work

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Answer:

to help the people around them

Explanation:

hope i helped!!

Answer: I believe children should volunteer work because it sets a good example for everyone and helps the people around them

Explanation: Things to include:

My thesis statement clarifies the topic.

My thesis statement states my viewpoint; it explains which side of the argument I support.

My thesis statement is focused and clearly makes a claim.

From "The Tyranny of Things" by Elizabeth Morris

Once upon a time, when I was very tired, I chanced to go away to a little house by the sea. "It is empty," they said, "but you can easily furnish it." Empty! Yes, thank Heaven! Furnish it? Heaven forbid! Its floors were bare, its walls were bare, its tables there were only two in the house were bare. There was nothing in the closets but books; nothing in the bureau drawers but the smell of clean, fresh wood; nothing in the kitchen but an oil stove, and a few a very few dishes; nothing in the attic but rafters and sunshine, and a view of the sea. After I had been there an hour there descended upon me a great peace, a sense of freedom, of in finite leisure. In the twilight I sat before the flickering embers of the open fire, and looked out through the open door to the sea, and asked myself, "Why?" Then the answer came: I was emancipated from things. There was nothing in the house to demand care, to claim attention, to cumber my consciousness with its insistent, unchanging companionship. There was nothing but a shelter, and outside, the fields and marshes, the shore and the sea. These did not have to be taken down and put up and arranged and dusted and cared for. They were not things at all, they were powers, presences.

And so I rested. While the spell was still unbroken, I came away. For broken it would have been, I know, had I not fled first. Even in this refuge the enemy would have pursued me, found me out, encompassed me.

If we could but free ourselves once for all, how simple life might become! One of my friends, who, with six young children and only one servant, keeps a spotless house and a soul serene, told me once how she did it. "My dear, once a month I give away every single thing in the house that we do not imperatively need. It sounds wasteful, but I don’t believe it really is. Sometimes Jeremiah mourns over missing old clothes, or back numbers of the magazines, but I tell him if he doesn’t want to be mated to a gibbering maniac he will let me do as I like."

The old monks knew all this very well. One wonders sometimes how they got their power; but go up to Fiesole, and sit a while in one of those little, bare, white-walled cells, and you will begin to understand. If there were any spiritual force in one, it would have to come out there.

I have not their courage, and I win no such freedom. I allow myself to be overwhelmed by the invading host of things, making fitful resistance, but without any real steadiness of purpose. Yet never do I wholly give up the struggle, and in my heart I cherish an ideal, remotely typified by that empty little house beside the sea.

Which three statements from the essay illustrate how Morris feels about things?

Choose one answer from each group. Type the LETTER ONLY for each answer in the correct blank.

Type A, B, or C for Blank 1.

Empty! Yes, thank Heaven
It sounds wasteful, but I don’t believe it really is
I have not their courage, and I win no such freedom.

Type D, E, or F for Blank 2.
I cherish an ideal, remotely typified by that empty little house beside the sea.
One wonders sometimes how they got their power
Even in this refuge the enemy would have pursued me, found me out, encompassed me.

Type G, H, or I for Blank 3.
While the spell was still unbroken, I came away.
Yet never do I wholly give up the struggle.
The old monks knew all this very well.
Answer for Blank 1:

Answer for Blank 2:

Answer for Blank 3:

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Answer:

Answer A is : Empty! Yes, thank Heaven

Explanation:

Assuming yourself as Armando Gonzalez retell the story "fear" in about 200 word​

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Answer:

Hey Fellas!

I am Armando Gonzalez.I am a family man. I have a wife and a child.My wife and I have been working since long and we want to save a lot of money for our only child's education, marriage etc.

We have saved some money to buy a small house for our family. We soon find a perfect house on a perfect cost.

One day I decided to withdraw some money for first installment of our future house but I was very nervous about this task that whether I would be able to safely take the money home or not. Because everyday we hear about one or the other incident where robbers and thiefs rob innocent peoples hard earned money. I was in my thoughts when suddenly I came across a fat and heavy build man in the bank.

The man was staring at me mysteriously. So I decided to complete the bank formalities as soon as I can.

The man was also sitting there whole time. Sometimes he was filling form, sometimes he was roaming here and there and sometimes he was on phone. When I recieved my money I safely put it in the middle pocket of the bag.

I walked very fast to quickly reach the bus stand.

When I reached the bus stand, I looked around and saw the same fat man who was with me in the bank. He looked at me and started to talk on phone. Now I felt a sense of deep fear of some bad incident to happen. I thought about talking to my family and police and put my hand in pocket but by mistake I forgot to bring my mobile along.

By this time, the fat man was accompanied by some teenage boys.

Now I decided to run for my life.

But, I got hit by a motorbike and fell down. To my surprise, the fat man and the boys ran towards me and took me to hospital for my treatment. They even called my family and inform ed them about my accident. They carefully handed the money bag to my wife. I felt ashamed , how childishly I had behaved.

Now When I remember that incident, I feel how fear plays with our mind.

Explanation:

You asked, I wrote.

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steven Spielberg has made many movies. change to passive voice​

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Answer:

Many movies have been made by Steven Spielburg

Explanation:

Read this excerpt from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

“That's right,” said the Queen, patting her on the head, which Alice didn't like at all, “though, when you say ‘garden,’—I'VE seen gardens, compared with which this would be a wilderness.”

Alice didn't dare to argue the point, but went on: “—and I thought I'd try and find my way to the top of that hill—”

“When you say ‘hill,’” the Queen interrupted, “I could show you hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley.”

Why does the Red Queen use opposites to describe the garden and the hill?

to remind Alice that she is the Red Queen and Alice is just a commoner who must mind her manners
to describe to Alice just how horrible and small all other gardens and hills really are
to make the point that her garden and hill are better and bigger than any others
to convince Alice to stay with her in her garden and on top of her hill in the looking-glass land

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Answer:

A

Explanation:

The answer is a because the Queen feels superior to Alice.

What - anatomically - allows the characteristic human sound of speech?

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Answer:

air ways and vibrations in the vocal cords?

Terrence is a marketing major. He secured an internship at a radio station where most of his responsibilities involve filing paperwork and greeting guests. Terrence confides in his advisor that his internship is not what he expected. His advisor encouraged him to focus on learning and practicing _________________ skills, which are useful across a wide variety of careers and job role

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Answer:

Social Skills

Explanation:

I THINK it's social skills

Terrence is a marketing major. He secured an internship at a radio station where most of his responsibilities involve filing paperwork and greeting guests.

Terrence confides in his advisor that his internship is not what he expected. His advisor encouraged him to focus on learning and practicing Social skills, which are useful across a wide variety of careers and job role.

Social skills  are the abilities we utilize ordinarily to connect and speak with others. They incorporate verbal and non-verbal correspondence, like discourse, motion, look and non-verbal communication.

A social skill is any capability working with association and correspondence with others where social standards and relations are made, imparted, and changed in verbal and nonverbal ways. The most common way of acquiring these abilities is called socialization.

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How does the narrator discussion of Laurie contribute to the plot of the story

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Answer:

C.

Explanation:

The narrator shows how naturally curious Laurie is, bringing attention to why he might experiment with good and bad behaviors.

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Close that door, now.

What type of sentence is this?

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Answer:

It's an imperative sentence

Explanation:

It an imperative sentence coz it declares an order, in simple words, the person is commanding someone to close the door.

Which of the following sentences is capitalized correctly?

Practiced in China, Daoism is a philosophical, ethical, and religious system founded by the philosopher Lao Tzu.
Practiced in china, Daoism is a philosophical, ethical, and religious system founded by the philosopher Lao tzu.
Practiced in China, daoism is a philosophical, ethical, and religious system founded by the philosopher lao tzu.
Practiced in china, Daoism is a philosophical, ethical, and religious system founded by the philosopher Lao Tzu.

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Answer: Practiced in China, Daoism is a philosophical, ethical, and religious system founded by the philosopher Lao Tzu.

Explanation:

Answer:

The correct answer is A.

Practiced in China, Daoism is a philosophical, ethical, and religious system founded by the philosopher Lao Tzu.

Explanation:

There is only two that show China is capitalized because it is a country and the two with caplized china only one of them have Daoism capitalized to because it is a city in China so it needs to be captitalized.

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English
KY-English Language Arts 8 (C2)
Using Evidence to Support a Reason
Albel
What evidence supports the idea that equality has been
achieved based on the percentage of people from each
group who vote?
Voter Registration in the South:
1960: White: 61.1% African American: 29.1%
1970: White: 62.9% African American: 62%
-Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1990
By 1970, the percentage of African Americans and
whites voting were nearly equal.
By 1960, the same percentage of African Americans
and whites were voting.
Fewer African Americans were voting in 1970 than
in 1960.
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I’m bot sure what your asking but if you state it more clear i might be able to help

the correct answer to this question is A

In paragraphs 4 and 6, what effect do the phrases "unearthly laugh"
and “demoniac laughter" have on the meaning of the text?”from brute neighbors”

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Answer: c

Explanation: is it a multiple question? if it is it's c. i had one like this

Read each sentence, and decide whether the underlined portion contains a mistake. If so, identify the best way to correct or improve the sentence by choosing the appropriate suggestion from the answer choices provided. If the underlined portion requires no correction or improvement, choose no improvement or correction is required.

The listening to opera music opens a world of drama and sound to the new listener.


A) The act of opera music


B) To listen to opera music


C) Opera music


D) Hearing opera music


E) No improvement or correction is required.

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Answer:

e

Explanation:


If a reader wants to evaluate a text, which is the best question to ask while
reading it?
A. How many hours of research did the author put into writing this
text?
B. What elements are used, and do they help the author's purpose?
C. What elements do I find interesting, and do I care about the
author's purpose?
D. How does this text affect me and what I want to say to the world?

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Answer:

What elements are used, and do they help the author's purpose?

List the three factors needed to produce green economic development.

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Answer:

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

Explanation:

Child.

4 . I borrowed a ____ bike and went fishing.
A. Friend of mine's
B.friend of my
c. friend's of my
D. Friend's of mine

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i borrowed a friend of mine’s bike and went fishing.

I borrowed a Friend's of mine bike and went fishing. Thus, option D is correct.

Fishing is the activity of catching wild fish for consumption, amusement, trade, or the production of fish products. Gathering, trapping, and hooking are some of the techniques employed. By extension, the term "fishing" is used to describe the capture of other aquatic creatures such as turtles, frogs, shellfish, squid, octopus, and various edible marine invertebrates.

The term "whaling" is more acceptable when referring to the taking of aquatic mammals like whales than to fishing. Fishing is a long-established, culturally diverse activity with a variety of methods. Modern fishing methods range from recreational trout stream fishing to professional deep-sea sport fishing, from commercial ships harvesting food fish on a vast scale to people capturing a few fish for a family supper.

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I want explaintion on all three phrases given below in one-two lines

Explain the following phrases in your own words with reference to the poem "where the mind is without fear"in one-two lines:-
(iv) tireless Striving
(v)clear stream of reason
(vi)dead habit​

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Answer:

1. If people are lazy and wasting time by gossiping, mere political freedom won’t make any difference for them. So, Tagore says that we should strive tirelessly to achieve perfection in the longer run. To make it easy, we should work hard and not get tired by working. Our aim should be to attain perfection in whatever we do.

2. Tagore envisions the "clear stream of reason" as people caring about what affects them. He wants people to use their voice to take action.

3. Dead habit refers to mindless practicing of obsolete customs and traditions, old beliefs, superstitions and a narrow-minded attitudes. This habit corrodes the mind and renders it useless.

Discuss what affects your food choices more: you own taste or what foods
are available you. Do you make good food choices? Explain.

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I think my taste affect my food choices more. I don’t really like eating vegetables so it would definitely be that. I think once in a while I make good food choices by adding more vegetables to my plate. Or by drinking water instead of anything sweet.

What is the main idea of the poem "Old Love"?

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Answer:

The theme carried throughout the entire poem is that death is an expected concept in our lives that people always have to end up accepting

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Spanish , Mandarin Chinese and Korean are three of the most widely spoken languages in the United States after English what type of heritage language do these languages represent?

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Answer:

immigrant

Explanation:

because i got it right

What should a writer do to revise an argumentative essay? Check all that apply.
Dremove any personal statements
Omake sure the tone is objective
D make the writing more informal
D develop an opinion or position
O check the supporting details

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Answer:

-remove any personal statements, -check the supporting details, -develop an opinion or position, and possibly -make sure the tone is objective

Explanation:

Definitely not to make the writing informal. That would be bad. Don't use I, me, or my, so that supports the first answer. Supporting details should be reputable. And, you don't want to sound wishy-washy, so that answers the third.

Select the correct answer.
What is the definition of self-esteem?
A.
Knowing you are good at certain things
B.
A feeling of pride in oneself
C. Knowing you are better than other people
D.
Knowing you are a naturally good public speaker
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Answer:

b

Explanation:

The dictionary definition is "confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect."

Answer:

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Explanation:

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According to the narrator in "Here's Herbie", in what ways are Herbie and the narrator alike?
a. Both have a mental disability.
b. Both are children.
d. Both have problems.
c. Both are wealthy.

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A because they both have a mental disability

Answer:

a. both have mental disability

Explanation:

archeologists have discovered some ancient ruins change passive voice

some anchie​

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Explanation:

some ancient ruins have been discovered by archeologists

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Who wrote ang panday?

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Carlo J. Caparas and Steve again

Answer:

Carlo J. Caparas

John Quincy Adams supported a U.S. foreign policy that​

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Answer:

Showed his equal commitment to aggression and restraint in matters

Explanation:

John Quincy Adams supported a U.S. foreign policy that​ showed his equal commitment to aggression and restraint in matters.

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Answer:

kept the united states out of foreign conflicts

Explanation:

a p e x

Read the exerpt from Nothing but Net.
When Luca thinks about how a setting relates to his life, he is

explaining the setting.
identifying the setting.
analyzing the details of the setting.
making a connection with the setting.

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Answer:

The writing sample in the given paragraph-formal English

Explanation:

Formal English is a type of English communication in which the way of communication is mostly used in business communication or in a professional setup. Where the vocabulary will be changed based on the level of professionalism or based on the formality

Answer:

i thank the aser is c

Explanation:

Which sentence uses correlative conjunctions correctly?
A. Chris not only forgot his notebook, but he also forgot his homework.
B. Angie not only gave her mother a flower, but also a card.
C. Dane not only wanted to play soccer but also football.
D. Jana not only visited Texas but also Florida.
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B.) Angie not only gave her mother a flower, but also a care.

Angie not only gave her mother a flower, but also a card is the sentence which uses correlative conjunction correctly.

What is sentence?

A sentence is a group of words with complete meaning.

What is correlative conjunction?

Correlative conjunction are pairs of words that correlate with two equal phrases or clauses

Hence the correct option is (B).

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The best way to reinforce your reasons in an answer is to:
use emotion to persuade
use a metaphor to drive the point home
use sensory language to dazzle your reader
support your reasons with details from the text

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Answer:

get a topic

Explanation:

then use the story to you persuade the reader

Answer:im two years late but I believe that its using emotion to persuade

Explanation:

Why is this Not a correct way to format an MLA in-text citation, and how should it be properly Cited?
A: The name and surname of the author must be included as John Thompson
B: The surname of the author must be in parenthesis
C: The year of publication is not necessary it should be Thompson
D: The Page number is not necessary; it should be Thompson.​

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Answer:

What is the proper format for MLA in text citations?

In-text citations include the last name of the author followed by a page number enclosed in parentheses. "Here's a direct quote" (Smith 8). If the author's name is not given, then use the first word or words of the title.

Explanation:

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