Based from reading this short passage, I believe that the authors point in this above was to practically give information above the word "solar flares". And by the author doing this, he would be giving the reader citing points of this.
Your answer: <span> It cites expert testimony about solar flares.
I would say that this would most likely be the answer mainly because when citing, this would mean that there would be an expert that would study basic needs and understanding this kind of things to understand.</span>
To compare loneliness to an undesirable illness or disease that is difficult to cure.
The poem first starts with a very happy and pleased tone, but later as we continue reading the tone turns up into a disappointment and sad one. The tone here reveals about the speaker that she had a lot of struggles and difficulties trying to learn english because she has spoken italian for her entire life.
