Both historical and feminist criticisms
a. look for repeated words and ideas.
b. are concerned with language and form.
c. seek to understand the role of gender in a text.
d. connect literature to the society it was written in.

What is meant by “eternally burning black pipes”? what is this implying about the personality of the firemen?

1) earth's crust is made up of relatively rigid plates that ride atop earth's hot, semiliquid mantle. (2) the plates are called tectonic because they're in constant motion. (3) they can move because earth's mantle is a very hot and semiliquid fluid called magma. (4) volcanoes are a result of magma rising up or erupting through a plate, particularly where plate boundaries are moving against each other. (5) also, when plates slide against each other, causing friction along adjacent plate boundaries, earthquakes frequently occur. (6) therefore, we often find volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries. (7) plates may also collide. (8) when that happens, mountain ranges are formed. (9) for example, the collision of the plate carrying the indian subcontinent created the himalayan mountains when it collided with the asian plate. which statement about this paragraph is accurate?

The essay sea stars by barbara hurd. what point is the author making by comparing a sea star missing an arm to a human losing a limb?