It’s a sound you will probably never hear, a sickened tree sending out a distress signal. But a group of scientists has heard

the cries, and they think some insects also hear the trees and are

drawn to them like vultures to a dying animal.

Researchers with the u. s. Department of Agriculture’s Forest (line 5)

Service fastened sensors to the bark of parched trees and

clearly heard distress calls. According to one of the scientists,

most drought-stricken trees transmit their plight in the 50- to 500

kilohertz range. (The unaided human ear can detect no more than

20 kilohertz.) Red oak, maple, white pine, and birch all make (line 10)

slightly different sounds in the form of vibrations at the surface of the wood.

The scientists think that the vibrations are created when

the water columns inside tubes that run the length of the tree break,

a result of too little water flowing through them. These fract

Compound and complex sentences pre test active time remaining 19: 06 a sentence that includes an independent clause and at least one dependent clause is called a sentence.

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?

Brutus: but as he was ambitious, i slew him. . who is here so base that would be a bondman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so rude that would not be a roman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so vile that will not love his country? if any, speak, for him have i offended. i pause for a reply. which rhetorical device does brutus use in this excerpt?