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which word from the paragraph best the reader understand the meaning of the underlined word?

raymond likes to skip flat rocks on top of the water at the lake. he likes to stare at the ripples as they circle out from where the rock hit the water. sometimes, he’ll gaze at it for a few minutes before he’s ready to select another rock. he takes his time picking out the best rock and then throws it in.

Which of the following arguments uses a non sequitur fallacy? a. if we allow students to wear caps to school, soon we'll have to let them wear gang colors. b. you should vote for sylvia for class president because everyone else on the squad is voting for her. c. regulations on motorists should be lifted because factories are a bigger source of pollution. d. the gray wolves of winter falls park should be protected because they need our support.

How does the mother defend her child to the old duck

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?