How do the underlined words affect the meaning of the excerpt?
A.
They suggest that the children will prefer the new pear tree to the old one.
B.
They convey the idea that the way trees mark the years is fascinating.
C.
They show why the wood of a pear tree is more difficult to cut than other types of wood.
D.
They explain why Uncle Paul gets a new axe every year.
Since the given excerpt is not provided, I am unable to identify the underlined words and their effect on the meaning. Could you please provide the excerpt?
Uncle Paul had just cut down a pear-tree in the garden. The tree was old, its trunk ravaged by worms, and for several years it had not borne any fruit. It was to be replaced by another. The children found their Uncle Paul seated on the trunk of the pear-tree. He was looking attentively at something. “One, two, three, four, five,” said he, tapping with his finger upon the cross-section of the felled tree. What was he counting?
“Come quick,” he called, “come; the pear-tree is waiting to tell you its story. It seems to have some curious things to tell you.”
The children burst out laughing.
“And what does the old pear-tree wish to tell us?” asked Jules.
“Look here, at the cut which I was careful to make very clean with the ax. Don’t you see some rings in the wood, rings which begin around the marrow and keep getting larger and larger until they reach the bark?”
“I see them,” Jules replied; “they are rings fitted one inside another.”
“It looks a little like the circles that come just after throwing a stone into the water,” remarked Claire.
“I see them too by looking closely,” chimed in Emile.
“I must tell you,” continued Uncle Paul, “that those circles are called annual layers. Why annual, if you please? Because one is formed every year; one only, understand, neither more nor less. The learned who spend their lives studying plants, and who are called botanists, tell us that no doubt is possible on that point. From the moment the little tree springs from the seed to the time when the old tree dies, every year there is formed a ring, a layer of wood. This understood, let us count the layers of our pear-tree.”
Uncle Paul took a pin to guide his counting; Emile, Jules, and Claire looked on attentively. One, two, three, four, five—They counted thus up to forty-five, from the marrow to the bark.
“The trunk has forty-five layers of wood,” announced Uncle Paul. “Who can tell me what that signifies? How old is the pear-tree?”
“That is not very hard,” answered Jules, “after what you have just told us. As it makes one ring every year, and we have counted forty-five, the pear-tree must be forty-five years old.”
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Select the correct answer.
How do the underlined words affect the meaning of the excerpt?
A.
They suggest that the children will prefer the new pear tree to the old one.
B.
They convey the idea that the way trees mark the years is fascinating.
C.
They show why the wood of a pear tree is more difficult to cut than other types of wood.
D.
They explain why Uncle Paul gets a new axe every year.
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B. They convey the idea that the way trees mark the years is fascinating.
Why does the author most likely include the underlined sentence in the text?
A.
He includes it as evidence that older English clothes were superior to current American fashions.
B.
He includes it as the conclusion for the passage that ties the various ideas together and explains their importance.
C.
He includes it as reasoning to connect a piece of evidence to his thesis statement.
D.
He includes it as the thesis statement for this passage, since the argument centers around this point.
Since there is no underlined sentence mentioned in the given question or text, I am unable to identify the reason for its inclusion. Could you please provide the underlined sentence?
In the old days, when dresses were decorated with beautiful designs and worked with exquisite embroidery, ladies rather took a pride in bringing out the garment, wearing it many times, and handing it down to their daughters.
B. He includes it as the conclusion for the passage that ties the various ideas together and explains their importance.
Which statement best expresses how the author connects art and craftsmanship in this text?
A.
The author demonstrates how craftsmanship can be useful without being beautiful.
B.
The author suggests that functional craftsmanship requires beautiful artwork.
C.
The author describes why it is important that artists make mistakes when learning craftsmanship.
D.
The author insists that craftsmanship, and not beauty, is most significant in life.
B. The author suggests that functional craftsmanship requires beautiful artwork.
Which sentence in the writer’s paper should the writer revise to include an in-text citation?
Men’s fashion isn’t discussed as often as women’s fashion is, but perhaps it should be. Most men wear simple outfits consisting of basic pants and shirts. However, there are actually many options available to men, despite the fact that they might not be familiar with certain historical and contemporary fashions. In fact, the nineteenth-century Western miners’ exquisite cloaks, large hats, and practical boots are excellent examples of high-quality men’s fashion