Which of these details does NOT support the central
idea?
Central Idea: Even though one of Edison's inventions failed, he never stopped
trying out new ideas,
The vocal engine had a few fatal flaws.
Sound waves are not powerful enough to make the
vocal engine useful.
Edison created a version of the light bulb that
was affordable and long-lasting.
The vocal engine was a cumbersome device for the
user.

Why does henry david thoreau think imprisonment is ineffective?

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonist britain, portugal, spain, or italy?