How do supporting details reinforce the central idea in this passage? These days, scientists are developing new and exciting designs for artificial limbs. Years ago, artificial arms and legs were awkward and stiff. They were often made of wood or other materials that did not look or feel like body parts. Now, some new artificial limbs are not just substitutes for human limbs - they are even better. For example, researchers can design certain kinds of artificial legs to work like the legs of a cheetah - the fastest animal on land. People using these artificial legs can run even faster than people without them. A. The supporting details show why new designs for artificial limbs are better than old designs. B. The supporting details help the reader understand how artificial limbs work C. The supporting details give evidence that cheetahs are the animals best designed for running. D. The supporting details explain criticisms against new artificial limbs.

What is one possible theme for the poem forgetfulness

You seal resign myself to you also i guess what you mean, i behold from the beach your crooked inviting fingers, i believe you refuse to go back without feeling of me, we must have a turn together, i undress, hurry me out of sight of the land, cushion me soft, rock me in billowy drowse, dash me with amorous wet, i can repay you. in this excerpt from "song of myself," which literary device does whitman use to address the sea? alliteration allusion apostrophe onomatopoeia

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli machiavelli claims that “it is much safer to be feared than loved.” which type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his claim? answer : logical how does the author’s use of this evidence create meaning for the reader? answer : by using a historical event to prove the claim