Answer:
This is written in a passive voice and needs to be rewritten in an active voice and reduce length. After 12 weeks had passed, each mouse was randomly placed in one of two treatment groups; in all cases, a die was rolled (was rolled is a passive voice right now) by an experimenter for each mouse, and if it landed on an even number, the mouse was placed in the group that received a pill.
Answer:
some
time.
Excerpt from Farming It
by Henry A. Shute
A blaze of sunlight, a yellow gleam of dusty
road, a brown expanse of parched and dying
lawns, of drooping leaves, a dry filing of
crickets in the hayfields, and a bank of
purple-black clouds rising rapidly in the
west
Explanation:
some
time.
Excerpt from Farming It
by Henry A. Shute
A blaze of sunlight, a yellow gleam of dusty
road, a brown expanse of parched and dying
lawns, of drooping leaves, a dry filing of
crickets in the hayfields, and a bank of
purple-black clouds rising rapidly in the
west
Answer:
C
Explanation:
We don't have paragraph 7.
but the usual meaning of proponents is those who support or agree with or are in favor of something. See if it fits.
The correct answer is A. Athletes have always used artificial means to increase their advantage.
Explanation:
The word "counterargument" refers to an argument or claim that is against the main one, this implies if you are writing about banning performance-enhancing drugs in sports a counterargument is one that opposed this position and therefore supports the idea of allowing this type of drugs. According to this, the statement that is a counterargument and that you need to anticipate to refute in a persuasive essay is "Athletes have always used artificial means to increase their advantage" because this suggests using performance-enhancing drugs is acceptable based on history and therefore should not change which is the opposite to the main claim or argument.