1hurricanes and tornados are two of nature’s destructive forces. 2hurricanes bring high winds, high seas, and vast amounts of rain. 3high seas rip into the shore line and cause massive flooding, while strong winds and rains can destroy homes, pull down power lines, and uproot trees. 4tornados are no better. 5they can destroy a home, as easily as we pick up a snail, with their powerful wind funnel.

When first i engaged in this work, i resolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and myself with a prospect of the hours which i should revel away in feasts of literature . . –preface to a dictionary of the english language, samuel johnson what is the connotation of the word revel in this passage?

Men sample of a metaphor? o a she was as busy as a bee. o b, his room was like a prison. o c. she has a heart of stone, d. she is an uncaring person.

Read this excerpt from wheels of change by sue macy.that said, it's hard to grasp the full extent of the bicycle's impact on americans in the late 19th century—particularly female americans. imagine a population imprisoned by their very clothing; the stiff corsets, heavy skirts, and voluminous petticoats that made it difficult to take a deep breath, let alone exercise. add to that the laws and social conventions that cemented a man's place as head of the household and holder of the purse strings. how suffocated women must have felt. and how liberated they must have been as they pedaled their wheels toward new horizons.what is the central idea of the excerpt