Why does the author describe the duck’s bowl as self-cleaning? A. The duck eats all of the food every night, leaving the bowl empty.

A.

The duck eats all of the food every night, leaving the bowl empty.

B. The duck food sticks to the frozen water when the bowl is emptied.

B.

The duck food sticks to the frozen water when the bowl is emptied.

C. The duck food scatters about the yard when the bowl is knocked over.

C.

The duck food scatters about the yard when the bowl is knocked over.

D. The duck displaces the food from the bowl when she drinks the warm water.

D.

The duck displaces the food from the bowl when she drinks the warm water.

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Now we have "lords of dogtown," a fiction film based on the very same material and indeed written by peralta. not only is there no need for this movie, but its weaknesses underline the strength of the doc.” based on this passage, we can conclude that the author a. prefers documentaries to fictional stories c. likes the movie “lords of dogtown” very much b. prefers the documentary over “lords of dogtown” d. feels that it took too long to make the movie “lords of dogtown”

Which type of context clue does the author use to show the meaning of the word diplomats?