The word mortally contains the Latin word root -mort-. Using your knowledge of -mort-, choose the best definition of mortally in this sentence. A climber was mortally injured in the avalanche.

A. to an extent leading to death
B. in an accidental manner
C. in a manner affecting the heart
D. in a way that causes great pain

Based on her speech in the excerpt ,what can we infer about francesca

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

He contains the main idea in a paragraph. a. thesis statement b. first sentence c. declarative statement d. topic sentence