Read the passage
the attack was a great but not total, success. although the u. s. pacific fleet was shattered, |its aircraft carriers (not in port at the time of the attack) were still afloat and pearl harbor was surprisingly intact.| the shipyards, fuel storage areas, and submarine base suffered no more than slight damage. more importantly, the american people, previously divided over the issue of u. s. involvement in world war 2, rallied together with a total commitment to victory over japan and her axis partners.

which best analyzes how the boldfaced text supports the main idea?

a) it shows that the japanese were not able to cause as much destruction as they had hoped; which shows they were unsuccessful.

b) it shows that the japanese aircraft carriers were undamaged, which proves the attack was successful.

c) it shows that americans caused significant damage to the japanese fleet, which shows the japanese were unsuccessful.

d) it shows that american ships suffered massive damage, which supports the idea that the attack was successful.

these are due today : /

Which excerpts from the war of the worldseffectively use setting to provide a contrast to the horror of the plot? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldshe remained standing at the edge of the pit that the thing had made for itself, staring at its strange appearance, astonished chiefly at its unusual shape and colour, and dimly perceiving even then some evidence of design in its arrival. the early morning was wonderfully still, and the sun, just clearing the pine trees towards weybridge, was already warm.they shouted consolation and promises, and went off back to the town again to get . one can imagine them, covered with sand, excited and disordered, running up the little street in the bright sunlight just as the shop folks were taking down their shutters and people were opening their bedroom windows.it was glaringly hot, not a cloud in the sky nor a breath of wind, and the only shadow was that of the few scattered pine trees. the burning heather had been extinguished, but the level ground towards ottershaw was blackened as far as one could see, and still giving off vertical streamers of smoke.an enormous hole had been made by the impact of the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction over the heath, forming heaps visible a mile and a half away. the heather was on fire eastward, and a thin blue smoke rose against the dawn.