Sheriff (unbuttoning his overcoat and stepping away from the stove as if to the beginning of official business).

what is the primary purpose of these stage directions?
to show interactions between characters
to direct actions that take place onstage
to describe a character’s appearance
to indicate a character’s tone of voice

4. how does the speaker's comparison of sinners to aninsect (paragraph 7) contribute to the central idea of thetext? o a it emphasizes the negative view god has ofsinners and how inconsequential they are to him. o b it stresses the connection that exists between allof god's creatures, whether they be human orinsect. o c it suggests that sinners can change for the better, as insects are known to go throughtransformations. o d it portrays sinners as being just as prevalentaround the earth as the wide variety of insects.

Which are features of anglo-saxon culture? check all that apply.

Which two words are nonsense words in this excerpt from carl sandburg's "how the animals lost their tails and got them back traveling from philadelphia to medicine rock"? it was easy enough for the rabbit who has long ears and no tail at all except a white thumb of cotton. but it was hard for the yellow flongboo who at night lights up his house in a hollow tree with his fire yellow torch of a tail. it is hard for the yellow flongboo to lose his tail because it lights up his way when he sneaks at night on the prairie, sneaking up on the flangwayers, the hippers and hangjasts, so good to eat.