Read this excerpt from the great fire.

claire and her family continued down the street when "a short, rough man grabbed at my bundle [but i] would not let it go. i called for father and almost lost my bundle except that another man took hold of [the man] and dragged him away. when i turned, i could not find father or mother or my sister or brothers. i ran down the sidewalk after them, calling their names and searching everywhere for a familiar face. they were gone — into the smoke and dark and falling fire."

which excerpt from the paragraph is the best counterexample of the theme that disasters can cause everyday people to do heroic things?

i called for father and almost lost my bundle…
a short, rough man grabbed at my bundle…
i ran down the sidewalk after them, calling their names…
they were gone — into the smoke and dark and falling fire.

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

sing because that is what they are doing in the sentence

explanation:

the simple predicate is the main verb in the predicate that tells what the subject does. example: my father fixed the dryer. read each sentence. draw a line under the complete predicate.