Choose the sentence in the paragraphs that best supports the overall theme of the passage. A. The boys followed a routine.

Every day began with swimming, and then they worked on their projects.

Later they practiced with their sports teams.

B. During the month, the cabin group went on a three-day hike in the mountains.

C. First, they took a course in survival skills.

D. The boys learned how to put out a campfire and tell direction from the sun’s position.

After three days sleeping in a tent, cooking over a fire, and hiking miles over a rough trail, Henry felt he could rely on his outdoor skills.

E. At the end of the month, Henry sadly said good-bye to all his new friends.

He had pride in his skills and new respect for his own abilities.

He hoped he could return next summer.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

In hard times by charles dickens, the scene in which the characters discuss the depiction of horses on wallpaper and flowers on carpets is the author’s way of showing the absurdity of

Which of these is not a function of juliet’s soliloquy