Read the following story: An old-timer warns a prospector that he should
never
travel alone in the Alaskan wilderness when the
temperature is 50 below zero. The prospector laughs at the
old-timer and travels into the wilderness anyway. He soon
gets in serious trouble when he realizes that his hands are
shaking too much for him to start a fire.
Which is most clearly a general theme in the story?

Hyperbole in the book messenger by lois lowry

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. isn’t this like condemning socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? isn’t this like condemning jesus because his unique god consciousness and never ceasing devotion to god’s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? what rhetorical technique does martin luther king employ in this excerpt from “letter from birmingham jail”? select all that apply. allusion extended metaphor figurative language simile

What can the reader infer about the fears and values of the ancient greeks based on this description of the cyclops’s island?