How do the authors support their claim and purpose with their choice of words? read the passage from sugar changed the world. the sugar that piled up on the docks near the plantations was something new in the world: pure sweetness, pure pleasure, so cheap that common people could afford it. scientists have shown that people all over the world must learn to like salty tastes, sour tastes, mixed tastes. but from the moment we are born, we crave sweetness. cane sugar was the first product in human history that perfectly satisfied that desire. and the bitter lives of the enslaved africans produced so much sugar that pure sweetness began to spread around the world. by using words with only positive connotations by using words that criticize sugar by repeating the words pure, sweetness, and tastes by repeating the words cheap and bitter

Which two phrases in this information about medicare prescription drug coverage are noun phrases

What is the subject of “understanding bacteria,” the first module in dr. x and the quest for food safety? the structure of bacteria the four cs of food safety the role of bacteria in food safety the twelve most unwanted food bacteria

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.