Use the drop-down menus to identify the type of context clue that you determine the italicized word’s meaning. various protuberances, such as rocks, bushes, and ledges, made it easier for the climber to get up the wall. i made a new year’s resolution to be generous, but i gave in to avarice instead. the worst result of the hurricane was the inundation of water that flooded streets and basements.

Agood persuasive essay topic cannot be a. a fact b. debatable c. something somebody else has already written about

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

What steps best a reader determine the central idea of a text? select three options.