18) Which detail would function as a counter-claim to the main thesis of this passage?
A)
The PIGE process is not only easier to use than the
PIXE process, it is also cheaper for manufacturers to
use.
B)
Although the PIGE process uses nuclear physics, it is
a far safer process than the previously used PIXE
process.
The PIGE process has a 90% success rate at
C) detecting harmful per-fluorinated chemicals in
manufacturers' raw materials.

The enemy attacked the headquarters. what is the action verb in the sentence?

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another. in at least one hundred words, explain how this excerpt uses explicit and implicit details to describe sarah penn.

He picture shows a fishing technique called trawling. how might trawling affect marine biodiversity? decrease biodiversity by harvesting everything in its path, so that unwanted fish are unnecessarily killed