One winter there was a freezing rain. How beautiful! People said when things outside started to shine with ice. But the freezing rain kept coming. Tree branches glistened like glass. Then broke like glass. Ice thickened on the windows until everything outside blurred. Farmers moved their livestock into the barns, and most animals were safe. But not the pheasants. Their eyes froze shut. This description in the paragraph –

2 and 4
1.establishes the carefree tone of the passage

2. foreshadows the pheasants’ eventual death

3. reveals a fierce conflict between groups of people

4. presents a contrast between beauty and danger

Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows: the town of belmond, iowa, needs to add weather sirens. the loud and steady wail would warn citizens of approaching danger. if past history is an indication, the sirens will save hundreds of lives. with a prediction of a deadly storm season, the alert which sentence should be revised to eliminate redundancy? the town of belmond, iowa, needs to add weather sirens. the loud and steady wail would warn citizens of approaching danger. if past history is an indication, the sirens will save hundreds of lives. with a prediction of a deadly storm season, the alert system is needed immediately.