Answer:
Your rebuttal should be arguing against the counterclaim, not for it.
Explanation:
In Yusef Komunyakaa's "Camouflaging the Chimera", the soldiers are <em>B. Preparing to fight.</em> In Komunyakaa's "Camouflaging the Chimera", the narrator tells us about the effort that American soldiers did to look like animals and blend in. The soldiers in Vietnam made a tremendous effort to blend with their surroundings, just as animals do to avoid being attacked by other animals "We tied branches to our helmets. We painted our faces and rifles with mud from a riverbank,...". These efforts were made to prevent the enemies from seeing them and so that they could launch a surprise assault on Vietnamese troops.
I looked up at the night sky, but I couldn’t see any stars.
Answer:
Officially declared to be unfit for use
Explanation:
<em>Condemned</em> is an adjective derived from the verb <em>to condemn</em>. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it has several meanings:
- declared to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil
- pronounced guilty and sentenced to punishment (usually to death)
- officially declared to be unfit for use
Since the sentence is about gas cylinders, a type of product, we can conclude that the third meaning is the correct one. Cylinders can't be declared wrong or evil or sentenced to punishment. They can be only declared unusable, which fits the context - gas cylinders that cannot be identified must be removed from service, declared unfit for use, and rendered incapable of holding pressure.
Answer: Most likely 2, Close.
Explanation: If it's not, I'd pick 3: Loud as my second answer. The paragraph hints distance so I can only imagine it being 2.
