Use this paragraph as a reference to answer the question below. The boldfaced phrase is used as a direct quote in the question. “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages . . .” If you have heard these words while attending a circus, they were probably spoken by the ringmaster. It is the ringmaster’s job to introduce all of the circus acts and to guide the audience through the show. Some ringmasters also perform in one or two of the acts, but most ringmasters stay on the sidelines where they can direct your attention to a certain area of the stage. Another important job of the ringmaster is to make sure the show goes on—that it seems to be running smoothly, even if an act is late getting to the stage. If there is a problem, the ringmaster is supposed to fill the time with jokes and announcements.

Which of these sentences uses punctuation correctly to show that guides the audience through is a direct quote?

According to the article, the ringmaster guides the audience through the circus.

“According to the article, the ringmaster guides the audience through the circus.

According to the article, the ringmaster “guides the audience through the circus.”

According to the article, the ringmaster “guides the audience through” the circus.

Which best defines a literary stereotype and its purpose in literary? a- a literary stereotype is a term used interchangeably with prejudice.b- a literary stereotypes creates conflict and contrast how a character may seem with who a character really is. c- a literary stereotypes has no purpose in literary in literary expect to reveal prejudice and express the views of an antagonist. d- a literary stereotype is a way for the writer to indicate whether a character is good or evil, a protagonist or an antagonist.

According to auden’s “musée des beaux arts”, who understands human suffering

In just over one hundred years, between 1701 and 1810, 252,500 enslaved africans were brought to barbados—an island that occupies only 166 square miles (making it, today, one of the smallest countries in the world). the english then set out to conquer more sugar islands, starting with jamaica, which they took from spain in 1655. in the same period that the 252,500 africans were brought to barbados, 662,400 africans were taken to jamaica. thus, sugar drove more than 900,000 people into slavery, across the atlantic, to barbados and jamaica—and these were just two of the sugar islands. the english were eagerly filling antigua, nevis, saint kitts, and montserrat with slaves and sugar mills. they took over much of dutch guiana for the same reason. seeing the fortunes being made in sugar, the french started their own scramble to turn the half of the island of hispaniola that they controlled (which is now haiti), as well as martinique, guadeloupe, and french guiana (along the south american coast near dutch guiana), into their own sugar colonies, which were filled with hundreds of thousands more african slaves. by 1753, british ships were taking average of 34,250 slaves from africa every year, and by 1768, that number had reached 53,100. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos how do the authors use historical evidence to support their claim? x(a) they use secondary sources to show how french and english monarchs were indifferent to enslaved people. x(b)they use secondary sources to show that enslaved people often fought for their freedom after arriving in the caribbean. the answer is: (c)they use facts from primary sources to show how countries increased the number of enslaved people to produce more sugar. x(d)they use primary source interviews to show that countries could make more money in trading sugar without using enslaved people.