Which statement does BEST express two central ideas developed over the course of the article? A.
The original game of basketball has been modified significantly since its invention. Now players toss a ball into a hoop instead of a peach basket.

B.
The first basketball players were students of a gym teacher in Massachusetts. Teams were made up of nine players who threw the ball to each other.

C.
A gym teacher invented basketball for male students over one hundred years ago. Soon after, a coach at a women’s college adapted the game for her students.

D.
Basketball was developed years ago to give students indoor exercise during the winter. The details of the game have changed and improved over the years.

Nthe final analysis, the government has not done enough to protect the endangered species of the rain forest. in the passage above, the transition in the final analysis is used to

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Read the passage. and thus they fought all the long day, and never stinted till the noble knights were laid to the cold earth. and ever they fought still till it was near night, and by then was there a hundred thousand laid dead upon the down. in the passage from morte d’arthur by sir thomas malory, what are the bolded words an example of?