Austin loved baseball, like fish love water, but he felt his asthma had probably kept him from reaching his full athletic potential.’
what two things are being compared in this sentence?
a) breathing in water and out of water
b) austin’s asthma to a fish out of water
c) austin’s asthma and his athletic potential
d) austin’s love for baseball and a fish’s love for water

The best persuasive essay topics a.are the ones that are popular,that many other people are writing about b.are ones you feel strongly about and that can be backed up by outside sources c.are one you feel strongly about,whether or not there is outside evidence for support

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Which word best describes the meaning of the word putrescent? a. earthy b. floral c. rotten d. strong