Read the passage from sugar changed the world.

in the 1100s, the richest europeans slowly began to add more flavor to their food—because of a series of fairs and wars. a smart count in the champagne region of france guaranteed the safety of any merchant coming to sell or trade at the markets in the lord's lands. soon word spread, and the fairs flourished. starting around 1150, the six champagne fairs became the one place where europeans could buy and sell products from the surrounding world—a first step in connecting them to the riches and tastes beyond. fortress europe was slowly opening up.

how do the details in this passage support the central idea?

the details provide examples of how france gradually became a place for worldwide trade.
the details describe the various measures that were taken to keep the merchants safe.
the details explain why europe immediately welcomed foreign traders to its marketplaces.
the details describe how a series of wars brought about the downfall of a european fortress

Chicago by carl sandburg hog butcher for the world, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; stormy, husky, brawling, city of the big shoulders: they tell me you are wicked and i believe them, for i have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. and they tell me you are crooked and i yes, it is true i have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. and they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: on the faces of women and children i have seen the marks of wanton hunger. and having answered so i turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and i give them back the sneer and say to them: come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, bareheaded, shoveling, wrecking, planning, building, breaking, rebuilding, under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth, under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle, bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse. and under his ribs the heart of the people, laughing! laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be hog butcher, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and freight handler to the nation. which type of figurative language does the poet use most often in "chicago"? a. rhyme b. simile c. metaphor d. personification

Deceive the tone of “miss rosie” and how it changed the poem progresses. how does the figurative language contribute to the poems tone? provide two specific details from the poem, either quotes or paraphrased, to support you response

Which situation might occur in a conflict of character versus nature? a. a society disapproves of a character's behavior. b. a character suffers from a serious illness and eventually dies. c. two characters argue over a difference of opinion. d. a character is unable to decide on his opinion of another character.