Part a: which of the following statements best describes a central idea of the text? a-in the early 1500s, a strange illness caused many townspeople to experience muscle spasms that made them look like they were dancing. b-in the early 1500s, a group of townspeople began dancing for no apparent reason and, even more troubling, they could not stop. c-only until very recently, the dancing plague of 1518 was considered a myth, one with very little evidence to support its existence. d- in medieval france, it was customary for dancing festivals to last days, even weeks, often leading to exhaustion and occasionally death.

Which of the following lines contains a simile? you wet brown bag of a womani think that i shall never see/ a poem lovely as a treebecause i could not stop for death/ he kindly stopped for mea little learning is a dangerous thing

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

Read this excerpt from "the bear." he is in his grave, and i have buried myself between four walls. . we are both dead. what is revealed about character in this quote?