Which of the following statements from the selection most clearly represents a concession and a rebuttal? a- Opponents to modernizing our community’s levees argue that the cost is prohibitive, and they see no reason to replace something that does an adequate job.

b- While it is true that new steel and plastics are expensive, investing in our levees now will reduce maintenance costs in the long run.

c- This pattern of reckless spending clearly runs counter to our community’s goal of maintaining a balanced budget and spending responsibly.

d- As surely as hurricanes will continue to strike our community, our resolve to prevent catastrophic flooding must remain firm.

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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

no plagarism

me

answer: b

explanation: i have never watched or read about him but looked it up and it seems the most sensible answer. sorry if it's wrong. ☺

you did not give us a excerpt to read or any statements to choose from so we can not know the right answer be more detailed when asking your question