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which of the following excerpts from hardy's "the three strangers" provides the best example of the author's use of imagery through an onomatopoetic device?

a. "… the lesser strains of the fiddler reached the spot as an accompaniment to the surging hiss of the flying rain …"

b. "the lights were scattered about the room, two of them standing on the chimney-piece."

c. "this cessation of activity aroused the solitary pedestrian from the reverie into which he had lapsed, …"

d. "… blazed a fire of thorns, that crackled 'like the laughter of a fool.'"

"the three strangers," thomas hardy, 1883

Click to read the passage from "lifeboat ethics," by garrett hardin. then answer the question. what is the author's purpose for including the following example in his argument against rich nations poor nations? a. he wants to explain why more nations need to invest in "miracle" crops. b. he wants to disprove the idea that poor nations will eventually be able to support themselves. c. he wants to prove that the green revolution is the best use of people's money. d. he wants to show a solution to poverty that he believes can actually work.

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important.what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority

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