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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, critic and editor best known for evocative short stories and poems that captured the imagination and interest of readers around the world.
It should be formal! (answer b).
The hint in the question is that the city major will attend the ceremony- this tells you that the ceremony will have a more representative, formal character, and will not be an internal celebration among people who know each other (this would make it informal or semi-formal).
One reason critics oppose globalization is that it has negative impacts on the environment.
The fact that Sasha, who is a student in a sociology class, he was deducted points for his research paper for not citing a famous study done five years ago that was nearly identical to the research he conducted means that she should have done the step: review the evidence/literature more carefully.
By doing literature review Sasha will have shown that she has an in-depth grasp of her subject and that she understands where her research fits into.
