Which of the following would make the best tople sentence for a paragraph
about the history of santa daes?
a) The name "Santa Claus" itself comes
from the Dutch figure of Sinterklass
who sometimes brings gifts on Dec con
addition to Dec 25
acter sometimes
B) a Santa Claus like character sometimes called father Christmas or Saint Nicholas appears throughout European folklore surrounding Christmas in the winter
season
C) England’s father Christmas dates back to the 16th century where he was seen as a bringer of good cheer and joy
D) germanic European countries combined the Norse god Odin with Christian traditions to form the now familiar figure of an old bearded man driving a sleigh

Describe the character of sissy jupe, from hard times, by charles dickens, in four sentences. use anaphora and one metaphor in your description.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

The story behind the story is a a human interest article b concerned with the feelings of people involved in a headline event ca kind of special feature d all of these e none of these