On the morning of december 26, 2004, interior decorator nate berkus was in a state of great agitation. he was vacationing in sri lanka, an island country in south asia, when he was awakened by a noise that sounded like a bomb exploding. moments later, the hotel was suddenly inundated by a gigantic wave of water that dismantled the building and swept berkus into the ocean. after grabbing onto a telephone pole, berkus managed to climb onto the roof of an abode, where he was eventually rescued. although he didn’t know it at the time, berkus had survived one of the most destructive natural disasters in recorded history. which of the following is true about the wave of water? a it was stopped by a telephone pole. b it moved slowly and silently. c it flooded the entire building. d it didn’t reach beyond the beach.

Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of  animal farm.by the autumn the animals were tired but happy. they had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. it was almost half built now.how does the pacing of this passage affect the reader’s interpretation of the text? a flashback to earlier events provides a pause in the pacing to slow events down.foreshadowing of events provides information as to what will happen to the windmill.the pace of the text quickens to convey the characters’ resolve to finish the windmill.the pace of the text quickens to move the story to its climax, the completion of the windmill.

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonists from a) britain b) portugal c) spain d) italy

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from "the lady of shalott" by alfred, lord tennyson. how is the isolation of the lady emphasized through the poem's settings? on either side the river lie long fields of barley and of rye, that clothe the wold and meet the sky and thro' the field the road runs by to many-towerd camelot and up and down the people go. gazing where the lilies blow round an island there below. the island of shalott a. she lives in a building that is not known to anyone b. while she lives in camelot, she cannot leave her tower c. the town has fields and roads, but she lives in a secluded tower d. she lives in a place that is far away from the road to camelot e. she is surrounded by gray stone walls in the tower reset next 2019 edmentum all rights reserved unit 4 activity-ec. docx a n ittarit