As further proof of Slocum’s mastery, he had no modern technology—no radar, no radio, no GPS system—just some dinosauric supplies: “carpenters’ tools, a tin clock, and some carpet-tacks.” (paragraph 6) What is the effect of the word dinosauric in the sentence?
Answer choices for the above question

By describing Slocum’s tools, the word dinosauric shows how much luck played a role in Slocum’s journey.

By showing how little Slocum took with him, the word dinosauric shows that his boat was the key to his success.

By describing new technology, the word dinosauric suggests Slocum’s voyage would have been even better than other similar voyages.

By emphasizing the absence of modern technology, the word dinosauric emphasizes the outmoded tools that Slocum used during his voyage.

major league baseball

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jack roosevelt robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball.as he was the first african american to play in the major leagues, jackie robinson became the target of racial abuse. jackie robinson is referring to the historic event, harlem riot.

1. this would be first person. it would be like "i walked home from school today" they are the narrator of the story and is a character as well.

2. first person because they used the word "i" in the quote.

3. i'm really not sure about this one i'm really sorry i never read it so i wouldn't know how to answer it. 

4. it would be character vs. society because everyone he meets there is always a conflict of some sort because he's stuck in his daydream.

5. it would be sadness at the loss of youth because the title itself tells us it's about age so it couldn't be about regret. and the tone just sounds sad, not angry. 

i hope this !

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.

the rocket launch by showing how the population around it changes its behavior as the earth's influence over the martian planet when he uses the term "green star".

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