read the excerpt from outcasts united."she's a girl," he said. "she doesn't know what she's talking about."luma ordered him to stand in goal. she took off her shoes as the boy waited beneath the crossbar, rocking back and forth and growing more anxious by the moment. she asked for a ball, which she placed on the grass. then, barefoot, as the team looked on, she blasted a shot directly at the boy, who dove out of the way as the ball rocketed into the net. luma turned toward her team. "anybody else? " she asked.based on luma’s actions, which statement best describes the theme in this excerpt? gender is not a defining factor in athletic ability. the best soccer players are usually girls. do not be afraid to show off your sports skills. luma shows everyone that she knows how to play.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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