Lines 47-56 determine the central idea of these lines

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

because i have already answered your question several times, answering it again would be superfluous.

by elena

the answer is actually c   i just got done with the test.