Select the best transition to show contrast.a. as well as
b. similarly
c. however
d. at the same time

Excerpt from Clashing Opinions at Controversial Commissioners Meeting Kyle Ellington SUSSEX COUNTY, SC — Tension oozed from the courthouse last night as debate raged during the bimonthly Sussex County commissioner’s meeting, which centered on the most hotly debated topic in the area: a proposed strip mall. The development company, the county commissioners, and hundreds of concerned citizens gathered to deliberate on the issue. While the meeting was intended to cover a plethora of topics, the proposed construction dominated the discussion. For four hours, attendees debated, discussed, and dissented from one another.Which research source would provide the MOST bias-free information to support the building of the strip mall?
A) a study of local economics by an objective research company
B) a press release about environmental impact of development from the Sierra Club
C) a flyer from a new development company that has the contract to do part of the work
D) a newsletter from the Green Briar Country Club about the effect of the new mall on their golf course

I NEED HELP!! Read the sentence below and use context clues to determine the meaning of the word buffer: Trees around your house provide a buffer from the summer heat and keep heating bills low in the winter. What does buffer mean in this context? Attack or assault Cushion or protection Opposition or rejection Safety or assistance

A patient weighs 93 pounds (lb). Meperidine hydrochloride is ordered for pain at a dosage of 6 milligrams (mg) per kilogram of body weight in a 24-hour period. Meperidine hydrochloride is available in injection form with 50 mg per mL. How many mL (to the nearest mL) of meperidine hydrochloride would the patient be able to receive in a 24- hour period?

According to the passage, human herds are all of the following except(A) reprehensible
(B) obdurate
(C) autocratic
(D) self-perpetuating
(E) transitory


Passage 4. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
(Translated by Helen Zimmern)
Inasmuch as in all ages, as long as mankind has existed, there have also been
human herds (family alliances, communities, tribes, peoples, states, churches), and
always a great number who obey in proportion to the small number who command—
in view, therefore, of the fact that obedience has been most practiced and
fostered among mankind hitherto, one may reasonably suppose that, generally
speaking, the need thereof is now innate in every one, as a kind of FORMAL
CONSCIENCE which gives the command “Th ou shalt unconditionally do something,
unconditionally refrain from something,” in short, “Th ou shalt.” Th is need
tries to satisfy itself and to fi ll its form with a content, according to its strength,
impatience, and eagerness, it at once seizes as an omnivorous appetite with little
selection, and accepts whatever is shouted into its ear by all sorts of commanders—
parents, teachers, laws, class prejudices, or public opinion. Th e extraordinary
limitation of human development, the hesitation, protractedness, frequent retrogression,
and turning thereof, is attributable to the fact that the herd-instinct of
obedience is transmitted best, and at the cost of the art of command. If one imagine
this instinct increasing to its greatest extent, commanders and independent
individuals will fi nally be lacking altogether, or they will suff er inwardly from a bad
conscience, and will have to impose a deception on themselves in the fi rst place in
order to be able to command just as if they also were only obeying. Th is condition
of things actually exists in Europe at present—I call it the moral hypocrisy of the
commanding class. Th ey know no other way of protecting themselves from their
bad conscience than by playing the role of executors of older and higher orders
(of predecessors, of the constitution, of justice, of the law, or of God himself), or
they even justify themselves by maxims from the current opinions of the herd, as
“fi rst servants of their people,” or “instruments of the public weal.” On the other
hand, the gregarious European man nowadays assumes an air as if he were the only
kind of man that is allowable, he glorifi es his qualities, such as public spirit, kindness,
deference, industry, temperance, modesty, indulgence, sympathy, by virtue of
which he is gentle, endurable, and useful to the herd, as the peculiarly human virtues.
In cases, however, where it is believed that the leader and bell-wether cannot
be dispensed with, attempt after attempt is made nowadays to replace commanders
by the summing together of clever gregarious men. All representative constitutions,
for example, are of this origin. In spite of all, what a blessing, what a deliverance
from a weight becoming unendurable, is the appearance of an absolute ruler for
these gregarious Europeans—of this fact the eff ect of the appearance of Napoleon
was the last great proof. Th e history of the infl uence of Napoleon is almost the history
of the higher happiness to which the entire century has attained in its worthiest
individuals and periods.

Read this line from the text:To carry warfare sunward is, indeed, their only escape from the destruction that, generation after generation, creeps upon them.
What idea does the word creeps suggest in this text?
The generations change and grow gradually over time.
The idea of warfare with other planets is unsettling.
The changes on Mars happened slowly.
The inhabitants of Mars have an unpleasant appearance.

All of the following are steps in creating a useful outline except __________.grouping related ideas together
writing the rough draft of an essay
labeling using main and subheadings
developing a working thesis statement


Ive seen several wrong answers for this question. The answer is:

B. writing the rough draft of an essay


Reasoning:


- How to create a useful outline?
- develop a working thesis statement
- Brainstorm ideas that you want to include in your paper
- group related ideas together
- order ideas effectively
- label ideas using main a subheadings