PART A: Which of the following identifies the central idea of the text? A. While many people consider advertisements to be annoying, they provide the public with necessary information and services.

B. Advertisements are capable of manipulating people more than they realize, as ads convince consumers that certain products lead to specific emotions and experiences.

C. With the development of technology, advertisements have become more informative and able to cater to specific viewers.

D. Advertisements tend to focus their message on youth, as they are most likely to spend money on trendy products.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

The latin phrase de gustibus non est disputandum means which of the following? a. “disputes aren’t easily settled.” b. “the great aren’t guilty.” c. “guilt isn’t the issue.” d. “there’s no disputing about tastes.”

What can be inferred about the cyclops in this excerpt from homer’s odyssey?