Which sentence best indicates the story's message or theme? now beavers are much afraid of bears, who break down the beaver dams so as to let off the water, catch them, and eat them. porcupine often visited beaver in his house, which is dry and comfortable, and unfortunately annoyed his host by leaving some of his quills there. beaver contrived to explain the whole thing as a joke, and the pair appeared to be on as good terms as ever. we are also told that it is on account of this happening that people who have loved each other very much sometimes quarrel and are no longer friends.

In which sentence does the underlined adverb modify a verb? (i’ll put the words that are underlined in caps) a. water young plants often. b. water young plants rather often. c. we generally water young plants often. d. water very young plants often.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Which lines of dialogue develop the idea that racially charged confrontations can have a sudden and unpleasant impact? select three options.