"What imagination would have been irreverent enough to surmise that the same scorching stigma was on them both!" What is ambiguous about this statement? A. It is unclear if readers are supposed to assume Dimmesdale‘s audience knows about his crime.
B. It is unclear if readers are suppose to guess that “irrelevant” imaginations belong to chillingsworth and Mistress Hibbions.
C. Is it unclear if readers are suppose to connect Hester’s scarlet letter with D. Dimmesdale’s covered heart. It is unclear if readers are supposed to find Dimmesdale more or less virtuous then Hester.

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim