Read the passage below and choose the answer that best explains how the allusion gives deeper understanding to the text and the author's purpose. even from the beginning in ninth grade, sasha and karl’s relationship seemed doomed. they were the romeo and juliet of our class. sasha’s family refused to associate with karl or his family. and karl’s friends put pressure on him not to associate with sasha because she was from a different country and background. question 14 options: the author's purpose for the allusion is to emphasize how the relationship began. the author's purpose for the allusion is the reader know what karl is like. the author's purpose for the allusion is to emphasize how seriously the relationship is doomed. the author's purpose for the allusion is to emphasize how much sasha hates karl's family.

The people of mozambique and zimbabwe would be most likely to be affected by a change in flow of which of these rivers? a) congo b) niger c) nile d) zambezi

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The persians landed in the plains near athens. as their army greatly outnumbered that of the greeks, the greeks hoped to find aid from nearby sparta. a long-distance runner named pheidippides was sent from athens to sparta to request , but the spartans were not able to send more soldiers at the time. regardless, the greeks were still able to win the battle. centuries later, legend developed that a runner had been sent from the battle to athens after the greek victory. after reaching athens, the runner proclaimed, "we are victorious! " and then fell to the ground and died. this legendary story is the inspiration for the modern long-distance runs that are performed today. this passage refers to the events of which battle during the persian wars? a. battle of thermopylae b. battle of salamis c. battle of plataea d. battle of marathon