Please help me! The excerpt below is what type of paragraph?

As a building material, adobe has several advantages. The
raw materials — mud, straw, and water — are
available just about anywhere. The dried, finished bricks
are easily stacked to make walls, doorways, and window
openings. In addition, the bricks have a high R-value,
making them great insulators.

A) Process
B) Topical
C) Comparison
D) Transitional

Is "they" an unstressed or stressed syllable?

The travels of marco polo. based on the text and the map, which labeled location sends products to shihr?

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these