Read this passage from a short story, looking for clues that might reveal the story's theme. I suppose the average, unenlightened person would have thought her ugly. After all, with an asymmetrical face, high forehead, close-set eyes, broad nose and thin lips, she certainly didn’t meet the criteria for conventional beauty. Yet she had an allure that I found irresistible. I found her dignified manner admirable, her confidence bewitching and her slight smile endearing. I knew at once she was my soulmate.

Which theme is supported the writer's use of the words with opposite connotations, such as criteria and conventional beauty compared to allure, irresistible, bewitching and soulmate?
A. You should never judge someone based on physical appearance, before getting to know her.
B. People who do not fit the typical definition of beautiful are less likely to find love.
C. Ideas about beauty are not as fixed as we may think they are--they are related to our feelings for someone.
D. For less enlightened people, a warm and caring personality will never be enough to inspire love.

What do the words “briefer,” “too beautiful to stay,” and “sleep of death” in the last stanza of wylie’s prom suggest about nature’s bounty and a life of plenty and ease?

What argument does thomas jefferson make in this excerpt from the declaration of independence? we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.-that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. a. b. c. the american colonists desire a more peaceful alliance with great britain but their british counterparts do not. the american colonists have a right to seek freedom from great britain due to the continued oppression of their basic rights. the american colonies could form a better government than the one established by great britain to govern them. the king of britain and the members of british parliament have little interest in the welfare of the colonies. od. e. the american colonies should have sufficient representation in british parliament if america and great britain are to coexist peacefully.

Complete the sentence. when trying to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word, you should first replace the unfamiliar word with a synonym that you identified based on the context clues. remove the unfamiliar word from the sentence. think of an antonym for the unfamiliar word. look for context clues that indicate the word's meaning.