Read these sentences.

the thief sprinted across the street.

the thief ran across the street.

how are the meanings of these two sentences different?

a. the first sentence gives a stronger sense of the thief's purpose; the second offers no sense of why the thief is crossing the street.

b. the first sentence suggests that the thief is being chased; the second suggests that the thief is alone.

c. the first sentence implies a shorter, faster burst of speed; the second implies a longer, more consistent rate of movement.

d. the first sentence connotes that the thief is enjoying himself; the second connotes that the thief is afraid.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. for an african, whether you were sent to the caribbean or south america, you were now part of the sugar machine. and it did not much matter where your ship landed. you could be working the fertile fields of brazil or the hills of jamaica; the brutal cycle of making sugar was much the same. how does the use of the word machine support the authors' claim in this passage? its negative connotation indicates that enslaved people had to work like robots instead of human beings. its negative denotation indicates that some people preferred handmade sugar over factory-produced sugar. its positive connotation indicates that plantations ran efficiently and produced huge amounts of sugar. its positive denotation indicates that it was easier for enslaved people to make sugar with machines.