The Komodo dragon is the largest lizard on Earth. It can kill with its sharp teeth. If this lizard king’s fierce bite doesn’t ki
ll you, its spit will. Germs in its saliva, or spit, are deadly. So even animals that escape the dragon’s bite, get sick and die later on. Then, the Komod sniffs them out and eats them. Why did the author choose to put "saliva" in bold text?
a) to make the paragraph attractive and easy to read
b) to draw the reader's attention to an important word
c) to point out the main idea of the paragraph or section
d) to help the reader to visualize the information
adjectives usually modify nouns, and adverbs usually modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. In the phrase “a red hat,” the adjective “red” modifies the noun “hat.”
