The mighty waves threw themselves angrily against the shore's jaw. with each push forward, they pulled pieces of the coast back into the water. this left a cut carved into the shore that looked like bad cursive. mary wanted to write her name into the earth that way, so she would be remembered. which sentence from the passage makes something seem human? a. this left a cut carved into the shore that looked like a bad autograph. b. with each push forward, they pulled pieces of the coast back into the water. c. the mighty waves threw themselves angrily against the shore's jaw. d. mary wanted to write her entire name into the earth that way one day.

C. The mighty waves threw themselves angrily against the shore's jaw. is your best answer.

The question is asking "Which sentence... makes something seem human..." this suggests the use of personification. This means that you'll have to find a sentence that gives human traits to a non-human.

In this case, waves is the "non-human", with the human trait of "throwing themselves angrily". Waves don't "throw themselves" or be "angry", rather, it is human traits being used to describe how the waves were.

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beginner

government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.