How do wetlands reduce flooding and erosion? a. Wetlands reduce flooding and erosion by filtering water. B. Wetlands reduce flooding and erosion by absorbing water and then releasing it slowly. C. Wetlands reduce flooding and erosion through decreased vegetation. D. All of the above.

Which sentence would not be appropriate for an essay or formal speech? a) most of the titles of faulkner's novels are references to the bible or to the works of william shakespeare. eliminate b) some critics believe that faulkner's novel the sound and the fury is the best novel of his entire career. c) the novels of william faulkner are way too hard to read, yo, filled with all these frustrating changing narrators! d) william faulkner traveled all the way from his home state of mississippi to sweden in order to make his nobel prize acceptance speech.

Reread paragraph 1 of “welcome to ‘rise of the knights.’” which word from the paragraph does not create a tone of enthusiasm?

Which of the following steps is not part of analyzing a poem? a. explore the poet's background. b. explore the theme. c. examine form and structure. d. examine language patterns.