Instruction Active
Distinguishing Types of Signal Words
Cause-Effect
Time
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Move each signal word or phrase into the appropriate
category
In 1902 five businessmen ... formed the Minnesota
Mining and Manufacturing Company to quarry what
they thought was a local find of corundum, a mineral
just short of diamond in hardness and thus a valuable
abrasive for grinding-wheel manufacturers. The
mineral proved inferior for that application, however
and so in 1905 the fledgling company turned to making
sandpaper in Duluth. Difficult years followed

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.