2. Which excerpt from The Great Fire supports the theme that some people try to take advantage of others during disasters? O An exhausted Chamberlin came to the Randolph Street Bridge and discovered "a torrent of humanity pouring over the bridge." 0-..when one overloaded wagon broke down there were enough men on hand to drag it and its contents over the bridge by force O Eventually, White got his wagon through, deposited his possessions, and headed back. OI heard of cartmen demanding one hundred and fifty dollars (in hand, of course) for carrying a single load.

In ralph ellison’s “the black ball” the narrator of the story stretches the truth or lies several times what do you think it is his motivation for being so untruthful

When a progressive tense is used in the independent clause, the dependent clause typically uses the tense.

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings