20 POINTS! RIGHT ANSWER GETS BRAINLIST Read this passage. Some people think of Ben Franklin primarily as a statesman and diplomat. Others consider him to be, first and foremost, an inventor and author. The truth of the matter, however, is that Franklin was a polymath. Which sentence could be added to the passage and maintain its formal style?

A. He was a figure of wide-ranging knowledge, expertise, and accomplishment in several fields

B. You wouldn't believe how bright he was in all sorts of areas and topics and subjects.

C. He was absolutely the smartest dude in every room he entered.

D. He knew it all and wasn't afraid to let others know he knew it.

Which pair of words has similar denotation but different connotations?

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”

In the song mallam sile sings in lines 113 through 130 the knife probably represents