11. In context, which is the best revision to sentence 5 (reproduced below?)
In both these respects the ancients felt that poetics the theory of poetry was different from
rhetoric.
a. In both these respects the ancients felt that poetics; the theory of poetry, was different from
rhetoric.
b. In both these respects the ancients felt that poetics, the theory of poetry, was different from
rhetoric.
c. In both these respects the ancients felt that poetics the theory of poetry, was different from
rhetoric.
d. In both these respects the ancients felt that poetics the theory of poetry was different from rhetoric.

Read the excerpt from part 3 of the call of the wild. but it was in giving the law and making his mates live up to it, that buck excelled. dave and sol-leks did not mind the change in leadership. it was none of their business. their business was to toil, and toil mightily, in the traces. so long as that were not interfered with, they did not care what happened. billee, the good-natured, could lead for all they cared, so long as he kept order. the rest of the team, however, had grown unruly during the last days of spitz, and their surprise was great now that buck proceeded to lick them into shape. what theme is most supported by the ideas in this excerpt? good leaders are strong and intelligent. loyalty can be a very powerful force. only the strong survive in the wilderness. we are all ruled by our natural instincts.

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

Read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.