Read: the aged priam was the first of all whose eyes saw him . . the old man groaned aloud and with both hands high uplifted beat his head, and groaned amain, and spoke supplicating his beloved son, who there still in front of the gateway stood fast in determined fury to fight with achilleus. the old man stretching his hands out called pitifully to him: "hektor, beloved child, do not wait the attack of this man alone, away from the others. you might encounter your destiny beaten down by peleion, since he is far stronger than you are." –the iliad of homer, richard lattimore what does priam's perspective reveal about the fight between hektor and achilleus? a. achilleus is a serious threat to hektor. b. achilleus will not be able to find hektor. c. apollo will save hektor. d. priam will send hektor's brothers to .

Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten twain’s words?

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.

Which excerpt from i stand here ironing best summarizes the overall theme of the story