An ancient king once asked three blind sages to identify a creature he called a pachyderm by examining it with their hands. The first sage described the creature as a thick, wrinkled hose, possibly some kind of serpent. The second sage said the creature was wide and flat, almost like a wall. The third sage reported that it was like a tree trunk with rough, wrinkled bark. What aspect of determining an idea for an essay topic does the above fable illustrate?

A. Gathering sources for research B. Narrowing a topic to manageable proportions

C. Thinking outside the box D. Analyzing a topic from different perspectives

Is D the answer

Read the sentence. on days when i go jogging in the morning, my mind seems to process ideas faster, and my mood is more positive. how does the underlined clause add variety and meaning to the sentence? select two options. it describes the days being discussed. it makes readers want to go jogging. it creates a compound-complex sentence. it adds detail about the speaker's personality. it explains why jogging is beneficial. save and exit next submit mark this and retum

Men sample of a metaphor? o a she was as busy as a bee. o b, his room was like a prison. o c. she has a heart of stone, d. she is an uncaring person.

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”