Which detail best develops the central idea? A. The idea of a government with a definite constitution, which the rulers should always respect, and which should be an adequate protection to the people against oppression, had never occurred to any of the Asiatic nations. . . .

B. She was not wanting in intelligence, but it was the homely prudence of common life, the skill to adapt means to ends.

C. Of all the nations, she was the first to carry organization into every part of her government, and conduct everything by inexorable system and order.

D. The mission of Greece was in the domain of thought, to develop the intellectual capabilities of mankind.

Which statement best reflects how martin luther king, jr. uses rhetoric and style in paragraph 9 of "letter from a birmingham jail" to assist him in advocating the use of nonviolent direct action to achieve justice for negro citizens in birmingham? click here to read the letter.

Which phrase best describes the role of irony in a written book? a. to validate readers’ beliefs b. to defy readers’ expectations c. to represent an idea d. to dramatize events apex

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.