Read the paragraph. [1] thomas paine, a pivotal figure in the american revolution, was born in britain in 1737. [2] when he was in his mid-thirties, he met benjamin franklin in london. [3] franklin paine move to philadelphia, where he pursued a career in journalism, he became the editor of pennsylvania magazine. [4] in 1776, paine authored a pro-independence pamphlet called common sense, which was widely read throughout the colonies. which sentence should be revised to improve this paragraph’s sentence fluency?

Twenty years gone, and i am back again on my own island. as for my change of skin, that is a charm athena, hope of soldiers, uses as she will; she has the knack to make me seem a beggar man sometimes and sometimes young, with finer clothes about me. it is no hard thing for the gods of heaven to glorify a man or bring him low. —the odyssey, homer based on what odysseus says in the passage, what has he learned? humans can become like gods. humans are under the gods’ control. humans can change from beggars to soldiers.

What can you infer about gregor from this excerpt? a. he is ungrateful and refuses to eat all of the food that grete brings for him b. his appetite is good, which shows that his body is trying to return to human form c. he always eats trash, and grete is trying to get him to remember being human d. his eating habits are changing, and he is becoming physically less human

In at least 150 words, discuss the comparison described in the figurative language and how the connotative language reinforces the symbol. be sure to include a definition if your terms