Answer:
Arid, parched, water-less, dried up, evaporated, desiccated, juice-less, barren, dehydrated, anhydrous, drained, rainless, not irrigated, drought, bare, thirsty, waterproof, rainproof, baked, hard, shriveled, desiccant, desert, dusty, sapless, unmoistened, sere, depleted, are all another word for dry.
Answer:
Martin looked away, trying to avoid any contact with her.
Explanation:
The phrase which best uses persuasion in the excerpt above is this: I TRAVEL TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND I KNOW MORE ABOUT MYSELF. Persuasion is the action or process of persuading someone to do or believe something. In the above passage, the writer is persuading his readers by his own experience to believe that we can know ourselves more by reading literature from other cultures.
Answer:
Endangered, rare
&
To further narrow the focus of the article
Explanation:
By knowing that they are not endangered and rare, we know that getting closer to being rare or endangered is what the decline is.
Also, by mentioning two specific kinds of kites, the speaker can have more attention of the public for talking specifics. So, the speaker is narrowing down the subject.