Read the passage below. Did you know that crocodiles tend to have longer, pointed, V-shaped snouts while alligators generally have wider, rounder, U-shaped snouts?

The signal word “while” serves what purpose?

It signals a similarity between alligators and crocodiles.
It signals a difference between alligators and crocodiles.
It signals that more information about crocodiles follows.
It signals that the reader is nearing the end of the text.

Select the correct answer. which theme is evident in this excerpt from alfred lord tennyson’s narrative poem “the charge of the light brigade”? “forward, the light brigade! ” was there a man dismayed? not though the soldier knew someone had blundered. theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die. into the valley of death rode the six hundred. a. the folly of ambition and greed b. the inability of humans to face death c. the heroism of unquestioning sacrifice d. the futility of obedience

Although alice walker published a number of essays, poetry collections, and stories during the 1970s, her third novel, the color purple, ) which was published in 1982, brought her the widest acclaim in that it won both the national book award as well as the pulitzer prize (b) published in 1982, bringing her the widest acclaim by winning both the national book award and the pulitzer prize (c) published in 1982, brought her the widest acclaim, winning both the national book award and the pulitzer prize (d) was published in 1982 and which, winning both the national book award and the pulitzer prize, brought her the widest acclaim (e) was published in 1982, winning both the national book award as well as the pulitzer prize, and bringing her the widest acclaim

Ispeak without a mouth and hear without ears. i have no body, but i come alive with wind. what am i?