Paraphrase the central idea. Paraphrase the supporting details.

Describe the theme that the author developes through these two excerpts. then analyze how the teo excerpts interact and build on one another to develop this these

Read the excerpt from "perseus." fate willed it—or perhaps zeus, who up to now had done little for his love and his child—that they should be discovered by a good man, a fisherman named dictys. he came upon the great box and broke it open and took the pitiful cargo home to his wife who was as kind as he. they had no children and they cared for danaë and perseus as if they were their own. this excerpt best shows that the ancient greeks valued beauty and gracefulness. intelligence and hard work. kindness and generosity. independence and action.

What rule applies most closely to this word? predict- group i. if the root is a full word, the ending is usually -able. group ii. when the root is a full word except for a final e, the forms usually are spelled with -able. group iii. the suffix -able always follows i. group iv. when the root has other forms built on the letter a, the -able form is used. group v. when the root ends in hard c or hard g, -able is used. group vi. when the root is not a full word,-ible is used. group vii. when the word has an immediate -tion form, -ible is used. group viii. when the root ends in ns, miss, or soft c or g, ible is used.