25 'm doing a test, ! i'll mark as brainleist ! however, in the sport of road racing, common people and novice joggers can lace up and be in the same race as the world-class runners competing to win it all. in this sentence from the first paragraph of the passage, how does the author a reader understand the meaning of the word novice? a) by including a definition in the sentence. b) by giving examples of novice joggers. c) by repeating the word in surrounding sentences. d) by comparing novice joggers to world-class runners. and !

Read this excerpt from loom and spindle. one of the first strikes of cotton-factory operatives that ever took place in this country was that in lowell, in october, 1836. when it was announced that the wages were to be cut down, great indignation was felt, and it was decided to strike, en masse. this was done. the mills were shut down, and the girls went in procession from their several corporations to the "grove" on chapel hill, and listened to "incendiary" speeches from early labor reformers. what can be inferred about the time period of the excerpt? check all that apply. a. factory workers felt frustrated by the lowering of their wages. b. workers were willing to show their displeasure through strikes. c. early efforts at strikes became chaotic and violent. d. the lowell girls were forbidden to voice objections. e. the lowell strike was followed by other labor strikes.