today, more than 50 years later, nearly two million people a year ride the 1,250 feet up to its lofty tower to gaze out over manhattan and marvel at the city scene spread out below them. on a clear day you can see 50 miles away. it is both unnerving and exhilarating to realize that workmen have stood on exposed beams in the open air at this great height to build the very observation platform upon which you are standing. —the building of manhattan, donald a. mackay which words are closest in meaning to the words unnerving and exhilarating? weird and scary awful and annoying scary and exciting unexciting and boringit was c)  scary and exciting 

What does bittman’s style and language tell you about him?

Hich is an example of a compare and contrast text structure? a cinquain poem differs from a diamante poem in the number of lines and the approach to subject matter the first step to writing a cinquain poem is to choose a one-word subject to use as the first line if having trouble writing poetry begin with an easier format such as cinquain or diamante it is best to write a diamante poem for the class project because its format fits the subject matter well

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.