CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE IN - American Literature, Reading Informational Texts
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14. What evidence in paragraph 12 of "Scratching the Surface of Mars" supports that life has existed on
Mars in the form of water?
A. "We have now discovered evidence of water."
B. "One experiment the rover performed was ‘zapping' a football-sized rock with a laser multiple times. "
C. "Based on close-up images of large rock slabs taken by one of Curiosity's cameras, scientists believe that a strong stream
perhaps ankle- or knee-deep created such formations."
D. "The purpose of this experiment was to create sparks that could be analyzed by a few light-splitting spectrometers to
determine the rock's chemical makeup."

15. Jolly Roger in the title of the article, "Battling the Digital Jolly Roger," is an example of what figurative
language?
A. Simile to a pirate ship
B. Metaphor for a pirate ship
C. Personification of a pirate ship
D. Allusion to the pirate flag

14. The evidence in paragraph 12 of "Scratching the Surface of Mars" that supports that life existed on Mars in the form of water is D. "The purpose of this experiment was to create sparks that could be analyzed by a few light-splitting spectrometers to determine the rock's chemical makeup."

15. Jolly Roger in the title of the article, "Battling the Digital Jolly Roger", is an example of D. Allusion to the pirate flag. Jolly Roger is the English name for the flag that identified pirate ships. An allusion is a figure of speech that makes reference to something, in this case the pirates or the pirate flag.