Will we know alien life when we see it?
1. part a: which statement best expresses the central idea of the text?

a
astrobiologists know that life exists on other planets, but they don’t think that we will ever be able to recognize or study it.
b
while astrobiologists suspect that there may be alien life on other planets, they believe it might exist or develop in a way that is unfamiliar to us.
c
in order to identify and study life on other planets, scientists must better understand the strange life hiding on our own planet first.
d
astrobiologists’ definition of living and nonliving things are too vague and need to be made more specific before they can identify living things on other planets.

What is the authors purpose in writing this paragraph

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

Write a narrative essay about a moment in your life when you were judged by something other than the content of your character. any narrative stories y’all have ? idk what to write