Read the excerpt from the odyssey. then i sent out two picked men and a runner to learn what race of men that land sustained. they fell in, soon enough, with lotus-eaters, who showed no will to do us harm, only offering the sweet lotus to our friends— but those who ate this honeyed plant, the lotus, never cared to report, nor to return: they longed to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland. which central idea should be included in a paraphrase of this excerpt? the men sent by odysseus to investigate the land they had landed upon became forgetful after eating lotus plants. the lotus-eaters meant no harm and simply offered the lotus plant to odysseus’s men as a gesture of kindness. the lotus was a sweet plant that made men forget everything except the idea of obtaining and eating more lotus plants. the men sent ashore by odysseus were swayed by the hospitality of the lotus-eaters and abandoned the idea of returning home.

Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "you might make a joke on that,” said the little voice close to her ear: "something about ‘you would if you could,’ you know.” "don't tease so,” said alice, looking about in vain to see where the voice came from; "if you're so anxious to have a joke made, why don't you make one yourself? ” the little voice sighed deeply: it was very unhappy, evidently, and alice would have said something pitying to comfort it, "if it would only sigh like other people! ” she thought. but this was such a wonderfully small sigh, that she wouldn't have heard it at all, if it hadn't come quite close to her ear. the consequence of this was that it tickled her ear very much, and quite took off her thoughts from the unhappiness of the poor little creature. what question should a reader ask to clarify what is happening in the story? who or what is the voice speaking to alice? when will alice attempt to share a joke? what secret will alice share with the new character? why do whispers tickle the listener?