Blessed are the children who always eat the same flavor of ice cream or always know beforehand what kind they will want. such good children should be quarantined from those who want to "wait and see what flavors there are." what is the author's purpose for including this portion of "how to eat an ice-cream cone"?

Which of the following sentences uses dashes correctly? a. i looked under the bed - get this - and there it was! b. i need - a lot of - colors for this painting. c. i can't believe my own - brother! - is now a mayor. d. tom and i - are planning - a wedding in june.

Read the excerpt from the odyssey; 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you d(arn)ed cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, odysseus (a)is fearful of the cyclops. (b)is prideful and overly confident. (c)has been weakened by the cyclops. (d)has regrets about staying on the island.

How does richard lovelace depict war in this excerpt from “to lucasta, going to the wars”?