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Opinions, huh? King Nero of the roman empire thought Cinnamon was a luxury to be burned at his wifes funeral while the rest of the world thought it was an important ingredient in making food more delightful. These are the two opinions that I saw and pointed out. I believe you had to find opinions within the same passage.

As for the true and false questions. In the beginning of the passage it states that cinnamon originates from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and some other country. Though it does so with the clever use of "former and latter" and we can conclude that it was discovered first in Sri Lanka, despite being native in all three countries. I forgot what the question for the second true false was so I can't give much info there, and for the third as well. Maybe it'll come back to me later. Though I do remember I went true, not stated, false.

As for that one word that you should've used.. well it was "sway." There was nothing about "find later in the passage" in the question, rather, "find in the passage." Simply, what word can lead to "moves from side to side." Rolling is rather one dimensional, you only roll in one direction. It could've only been sway. As that is what swaying is, moving side to side, left and right, or back and forth. Some others mentioned seesaw in this thread. I didn't see seesaw in the passage. Maybe I read it a bit too fast. Alas, it shouldn't be seesaw since it's fixed about and you only go up and down. Imagine reading, "She seesawed side to side elegantly in her dance." as opposed to, "She swayed side to side elegantly in her dance." What sounds more... correct?

As for the confusion about former and latter. Allow me to explain through an example.

Little Cathy likes two flavors of ice cream, vanilla and chocolate. The latter, as opposed to the former, is her favorite.

Latter, the last.
Former, the first.

So the sentence can be rewritten as follows:

"The last, as opposed to the first, is her favorite"
"Chocolate, as opposed to vanilla, is her favorite"

This small explanation also covers it. http://www.reference.com/motif/science/former-vs-latter

The paper was easy.
 
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afrolina

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comprehension question answers please.....
what was the answer for why was thier grandma unnecessarily worried?
what was the word?
why did kitty squeeze her sister's hand?
why was their mother waving her hand?
 
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what was esme's feeling toward the place?
why was kitty desperately ill?
what was the writers aspect about the previous place they lived in????
 
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why did they seem like beggers?
what did esme learn about venturing?
what did their mother disaprove?
 
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Can anyone tell me, the points we had to make were 15 right? What if one made 10 points only? :'( how many marks will deducted? And was it nessesary to make 15 points?
 
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