The answer to the question above is true that the word 'competent' is used correctly in the "it is important to use competent sources when researching" sentence<span>. The word "competent" means a characteristic of acceptable and satisfactory. The sentence above means that it is important to use acceptable sources for a research.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
Question:
What does the word soliciting mean?
Explanation:
The action or fact of accosting someone and offering one's or someone else's services as a prostitute.
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Answer:
A.The first focuses on Barbara's actions and the second on Jackson's.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from the poem "Barbara Frietchie.", the author writes about Barbara sitting close to her attic window to show that her heart was loyal and then on the other couptet, the author describes Jackson as a "rebel", riding ahead. 
The best description of the rhyming couplets in the excerpt is: The first focuses on Barbara's actions and the second on Jackson's.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer: I think the answer it 3 one.
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