During the past 25 years, AIDS has spread throughout the world. The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981. Since then, the disease has become a pandemic. Now there are nearly 40 million people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Africa is the hardest-hit continent. More than 60 percent of all the people in the world with HIV live there. But no region has been spared.

Why does the author conclude the article with this passage?

to contrast current events with past events
to place a spotlight on the African continent
to place emphasis on what is happening now
to compare AIDS to diseases mentioned earlier

Although william carlos williams rejected traditional verse forms he still believed that is was important to use poetic devices to distinguish verse from prose.

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

What did mark twain contribute to the history of the novel? select all that apply.