What is the main purpose of the exposition in a short story? a. to describe the results of the story's conflict b. to drive the story's plot to its climax c. to develop the story's conflict d. to introduce the story's characters and setting

Correct the sentence by selecting the proper pronoun usage. they assigned the solo parts to ellen and her themselves. she themselves her theirselves she herself correct as is

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Modernist poetry explored the problem that arose from rapid urbanization and industrialization in the late 1800 and early 1900. which two lines in this excerpt from "the anecdote jar" by wallace stevens reflect the themes of barrenness and emptiness of modern life