1. Which of the following statements best describes a central idea of the text? O A. Arranged marriages were popular in the past but have been replaced by autonomous marriages in nearly all societies. O B. Arranged marriages are about as successful as autonomous marriages because they are so widespread. C. Arranged marriages are a non-Western practice that have not spread to westernized countries despite their positive benefits, D. Arranged marriages allow love to emerge over time and can be more effective in the long-run than I autonomous marriagesO A. Arranged marriages were popular in the past but have been replaced by autonomous marriages in nearly all societies. O B. Arranged marriages are about as successful as autonomous marriages because they are so widespread. O C. Arranged marriages are a non-Western practice that have not spread to westernized countries despite their positive benefits. D. Arranged marriages allow love to emerge over time and can be more effective in the long-run than A autonomous marriages.

Which is the falling action of antigone?

Brainliest asap and 98 points! which word means partially dependent? semi means half in means not inter means between super means over

[1] nothing that comes from the desert expresses its extremes better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas. tormented, thin forests of it stalk drearily in the high mesas, particularly in that triangular slip that fans out eastward from the meeting of the sierras and coastwise hills. the yucca bristles with bayonet-pointed leaves, dull green, growing shaggy with age like an old [5] man's tangled gray beard, tipped with panicles of foul, greenish blooms. after its death, which is slow, the ghostly hollow network of its woody skeleton, with hardly power to rot, makes even the moonlight fearful. but it isn't always this way. before the yucca has come to flower, while yet its bloom is a luxurious, creamy, cone-shaped bud of the size of a small cabbage, full of sugary sap. the indians twist it deftly out of its fence of daggers and roast the prize for their [10] own delectation why does the author use the words "bayonet-pointed" (line 4) and "fence of daggers" (line 9) to describe the leaves of the yucca tree? . to create an image of the sharp edges of the plant to emphasize how beautiful the plant's leaves are to explain when and where the plant grows to show how afraid the author is of the plant