WILL GIVE BRAINLIST!! As you read this paragraph about earthquakes, look for context clues that are provided to help readers understand the article’s scientific terms.

Aftershocks, unlike earthquakes which are more powerful, generally follow the mainshock and occur in the same location. Aftershocks can continue for weeks, months, or years after the initial earthquake. Usually, the larger the earthquake, the larger and more numerous the aftershocks, and the longer they will continue.

Which phrase provides the BEST context clues for the meaning of aftershocks?

a. “the longer they will continue”
b. “continue for weeks, months, or years”
c. “the larger and more numerous the aftershocks”
d. “unlike earthquakes which are more powerful”

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator

How does mercutio, in romeo and juliet, convey his anger before dying?

If you’re looking for a place to visit, i recommend yosemite national park. visiting yosemite has been a high point of my life. can you imagine waking up, inhaling the pine-scented air, and watching the pink-tinted mountains reflect the sunrise? later, as you hike, you’ll encounter meadows strewn with rainbows of wildflowers and lakes in astonishing shades of blue. the tone of the passage is effective because it defines yosemite for the reader. the author entertain the reader. instructs the reader on how to enjoy yosemite. supports the author’s attempt to persuade.