Read this sentence from paragraph 7. Researchers are especially interested in . . . periodical cicadas; these insects live only in this part of the world, and they appear just once every 17 years, on the dot.

Why has the author chosen to use the figurative phrase on the dot?

a
to highlight their specific and extraordinary life cycles
b
to describe the small holes made by cicadas as they hatch
c
to suggest the amazing regularity of when they will emerge
d
to identify the precise location where they may be seen
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Which words and phrases connect the ideas in this excerpt from a compare and contrast essay? the team considered using products made by company a and company b. however, the budget and concerns about learning about two products meant that they needed to choose only one. they realized that the product from company a was of excellent quality, to company b's product.

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