Select the correct answer.
In this passage from Mark Twain's "A Simplified Alphabet," which detail provides the reader with clues to the essay's topic?
"It seemed to me to merely propose to substitute one inadequacy for another; a sort of patching and plugging poor old dental relics with
cement and gold and porcelain paste; what was really needed was a new set of teeth. That is to say, a new ALPHABET."
OA dental relics
OB. porcelain paste
Oc. a new alphabet
OD. ' a new set of teeth

In the story “seventh grade” how do victor’s hopes and expectations about teresa at the beginning of the school day compare with his hopes and expectations about teresa at the end of the school day?

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Which members of the press did nixon say have been the hardest on him? a.the television news agencies. b.newspapers c.tabloids d.public radio !