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1. Desert plants have both beauty and clever mechanisms for survival. Despite extreme temperatures and scarce rain, they have thrived and adapted, ensuring that the desert will continue to bloom far into the future.
2. Halley’s Comet is An orbiting coemt that is only visible from Earth once every 76 years
3. El Nino is A temporary change in climate caused by currents in the eastern Pacific ocean
4. Punxsutawney Phil on Ground Day Is the "official" Pennsylvania animal whose shadow or lack therof on February 2 forecasts the duration of winter
5. An idea Kingsolver will explore is how their was so many blooming flowers and colors due to El Nino's downpour. This is significant because she relates the immense amount of flowers to El Nino and the compares it to Halley's comet and how it is a once in a lifetime experience.
6. An example of connotative language is "the soggy consequences". This affects the reader because it describes the amount of too much rain, which has a negative connotation.
7. An example of nonscientific reason is "God planted them!" This reference help shapes Kingsolver's central idea because it proves how nature is unpredictable and how the nonbiologist did not know what she was talking about.
8. An example of personification in this paragraph is "female rains" and "male rains". This language affcts how the reader perceives this information because it maks the reader process and analyze the information. Also makes it personal and alive.
9. The tone shifts from relaxed, cheerful to serious, scientific. An example of scientific language is germination. The main idea of this paragraph is desert flowers choose the right time to bloom and that plants have figured out a way to survive.
10. Some specific strategies desert ephemerals to survive is longer seeds make more resilient sprouts and smaller ones are programmed for delayed germination. So desert natives can often hold their own against potential invasion by other invading species. The main idea is desert wildflowers have been able to adapt to their environment. This reduces the competition.
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