Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of the scarlet letter using comprehension strategies.

in accordance with this rule, it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of boston had built the first prison-house, somewhere in the vicinity of cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burial-ground, on isaac johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres in the old church-yard of king's chapel.

what is the meaning of this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

What is the meaning of the word "caches" as it is used in paragraph 6

Time remaining 59: 40 luka is writing a fictionalized story about a physicist. what would be the best choice for source material to use for his story? o o o o a blockbuster film a national newspaper a science-fiction website a popular novel