Literary scholars have found similarities in the folk tales, myths, and fables from different cultures, even though the writers of these stories never knew each other and lived in very different surroundings. Which literary elements tend to be most similar across cultures? plot elements and the themes they express
the details of the story's settings
idioms and other types of figurative language used
the personalities of the characters

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes