Read the excerpt below and answer the question. “it’s got to go”, shouted his sister, “that’s the only way, father. you’ve got to get rid of the idea that that’s gregor. we’ve only harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. how can that be gregor? if it were gregor he would have seen long ago that it’s not possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he would have gone of his own free will. we wouldn’t have a brother any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember him with respect. as it is this animal is persecuting us, it’s driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole flat and force us to sleep on the streets.” ("the metamorphosis," part iii, p. 31) the inference that best supports this excerpt would be gregor’s father’s compassion for the bug endangers the rest of his family. gregor’s sister is unable to accept her brother after his physical transformation. gregor’s presence threatens the security of his family’s living situation. gregor’s compassion for his family disappeared when he became a bug.

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances.there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.

What steps best a reader determine the central idea of a text? select three options.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir