Alyana read the following passage in a myth. odysseus was alone, lost, and close to despair. there was nothing on the horizon. odysseus—the great and experienced warrior, hero of battles, and slayer of terrible monsters—could see nothing but small rolling waves. the vast ocean, in every direction, seemed to go on forever before finally meeting the horizon. which statement is true about this passage? a. the first sentence suggests the myth-tellers liked to be alone on the water. b. the passage suggests the myth-tellers typically lived with pets like dogs and birds. c. the phrase “hero of battles, and slayer of great monsters” suggests these are unwelcome characteristics in the myth-tellers’ culture. d. the fact that character odysseus is in the ocean suggests that the myth-tellers may have lived near an ocean or sea.

What are some motifs in anansi boys

The compass tests are tools used: a. when students are preparing for the act or sat. b. in lieu of the act or sat. c. when students score extremely high on the act or sat. d. to determine which level of classes a student should be placed in.

In which part of this excerpt from the gettysburg address does president abraham lincoln argue that the outcome of the war will depend on the determination and loyalty of northern citizens? four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. we are met on a great battle-field of that war. we have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow— this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.