Which sentence uses dashes correctly?
a.
now we will hike—along the ridge, down the hill, and across the creek.
b.
on the last page of my program is—the lead dancer's autograph.
c.
i want to hear everything, but—oh, someone is knocking on the door.
d.
this sweater—the one that turned up at the bottom of my closet, does not fit me anymore.

Which best explains how melville uses his description of ahab in chapter 28 of moby-d ick to comment on the nature of man? through ahab, melville symbolizes how guilt can take over a man’s life. through ahab, melville symbolizes how obsession can take over a man’s life. through ahab, melville symbolizes how inaction can ruin a man’s life. through ahab, melville symbolizes how isolation can ruin a man’s life.

At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp. they had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks' journey for ordinary men. this excerpt is repeated several times. how does this repetition affect the epic?

Which two excerpts in the passage supports the claim that paine believed the cost of the colonists' struggle against the british was well worth the outcome?