One thing that makes the peachtree road race special is that it takes place each year on independence day. (1) american flags are waved down peachtree street, and nearly everywhere red, white, and blue is seen. many runners choose to wear stars-and-stripes as a part of their racing outfit, but no one is allowed to wear costumes in this serious race. that means no statues of liberty are officially allowed running down the road, as with other large festive races such as the bay-to-breakers 12k in san francisco. (2) because the peachtree is run on a holiday, most people have the day off. (3) they either run the race or cheer on the runners from either side of the street. there are tens of thousands of spectators all along the course.

which of these statements best summarizes the main idea of paragraph 2?
a) spectators and runners both make the race special.
b) the race is different than other races run on holidays.
c) people dress patriotically to celebrate independence day.
d) the peachtree is special because it is run on an important holiday.

D) The Peachtree is special because it is run on an important holiday.

Most of the passage discusses how the Peachtree Road Race is special because it takes place on Independence Day. This is stated from the beginning, in the first sentence. However, the idea is reinforced throughout the passage. The author tells us that because of the holiday, people dress in festive clothes. Also, because of the holiday, many people have the day off, which makes it very busy.

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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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the answer is definitely d. sorry for a late response.