What is the main purpose of the paragraph in bold? To explain why the Loch Ness Monster could exist
To explain why people love to visit Loch Ness
To explain the reasons that Nessie is most likely not a plesiosaur
To explain the ways scientists have studied the Loch Ness monster

In walt whitman's attitude toward death in "song of myself" differ from dickinson's attitude in "712: because i could not stop for death"?

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

What is the best definition of detonation a.) the meaning of the word in a different language b.)the dictionary meaning of the word c.) the additional meaning that comes from the feeling one gets from a word d.) the meaning of irony