look closely at the following sentences to determine which correctly use commas to set off the modifiers. identify the incorrectly punctuated sentence.

a.

test results may show that ultimately, the hockey player did not use steroids.

b.

i didn’t pass my driver’s exam on the first try either.

c.

furthermore, donations to the charity for which she volunteers have increased dramatically.

d.

wouldn’t you agree that, after all, we are all in the same boat?

When mrs. jameson says "it (the desert) won't leave you cold," what does she mean?

Lines 47–56: determine the central idea of these lines

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.