In the ideal meritocracy, who should be paid the highest salaries?
a. those who perform the best
b. those who have the least
c. those with the largest families
d. those who come from wealthy families

Respond to one of the questions below. include at least two supporting details or examples. a. in “the literature of the middle east and south asia,” laura winkiel writes: “these stories us to understand the complex questions that middle easterners and south asian people ask as they stand at a crossroads of cultural and religious change.” explain how this statement applies to one of the selections you read. be sure to include the title of the selection and explain the crossroads that it illustrates. b. setting and mood are important elements in many of the stories in this unit. choose one story and describe some aspects of its setting: where it takes place; what mood is created by the details of weather, place, and time; and how this setting to convey the theme of the story. c. what did you learn about the role of women in the societies described in the reading selections in this unit? describe how the women cope with the conflicts they encounter. note: if you respond to essay (c), you may not choose the similar essay in the unit 3 unit test.

Metonymy is best defined as a figure of speech in which

Where should the quotation below be placed to further develop the paragraph? one greek scholar states, “the influence of the olympians on everyday culture is equal to that of shakespeare and the bible” (thomas 87).