Read the selection below from gulliver’s travels by jonathan swift and answer the question that follows. he was the more confirmed in this opinion, because he observed, that as i agreed in every feature of my body with other yahoos, except where it was to my real disadvantage in point of strength, speed, and activity, the shortness of my claws, and some other particulars where nature had no part; so from the representation i had given him of our lives, our manners, and our actions, he found as near a resemblance in the disposition of our minds. what will most likely follow the passage above? a. an illustration of the differences between gulliver and the houyhnhnms b. description of the similarities between yahoos and humans c. a characterization of gulliver as an inadequate person d. a poem about houyhnhnm culture

What causes cassius to delay killing caesar? a. the crowds around caesar b. a violent storm c. brutus’s reluctance d. the disorganization it the resistance

How does the author introduces his idea of fish depletion in the first few pages of world without fish?

Read the following excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut: he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. but he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. what message about the role of media is best supported in this excerpt? a. media are the reason george is able to watch ballet. b. media change people's values, making them more selfish. c. media tend to make audiences' worldviews the same. d. media can be used to distract audiences from the truth.