Excerpt from Clashing Opinions at Controversial Commissioners Meeting Kyle Ellington SUSSEX COUNTY, SC - Tension oozed from the courthouse last night as debate raged during the bimonthly Sussex County commissioner's meeting, which centered on the most hotly debated topic in the area: a proposed strip mall. The development company, the county commissioners, and hundreds of concerned citizens gathered to deliberate on the issue. While the meeting was intended to cover a plethora of topics, the proposed construction dominated the discussion. For four hours, attendees debated, discussed, and dissented from one another. Using this article, how could you determine the meaning of the word plethora? Footnotes B plot structure D regional dialect​

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive