Read this sentence, which contains a biblical allusion from the story "the lightning-rod man."
"see, the scroll of the storm is rolled back; the house is unharmed; and in the blue heavens i read in the rainbow, that the deity will not, of purpose, make war on man's earth."
which of these statements best conveys meaning of the allusion?
a) the rainbow signifies a new beginning for earth after a dark storm.
b) god will save mankind from war and all manmade and natural disasters.
c) god uses the rainbow as a sign of his promise never again to destroy all life on earth.
d) the storm and the unharmed house are used to signify god’s mercy on humans.

C) God uses the rainbow as a sign of his promise never again to destroy all life on Earth.

Explanation:

In the Bible, man's wickedness made god so angry that He asked Noah to build an ark and save animals in pairs and also his family. The rest of mankind and life was wiped out from the face of the earth by the flood that lasted 40 days, bringing the earth to it's pre-creation condition. After the rains, God put a rainbow in the sky as a mark of his covenant with Noah, promising not to annihilate life from the earth ever again.

the correct answer is c. he speculates on what might happen at given points in the future in a world without people. alan h. weisman is an american author, professor, and journalist. authors organize their information with a purpose. they present their ideas in an organized way. this is called text structure. weisman uses text structure so as to improve overall comprehension and to prove his points.