Answer: B. Salt and rust are corrosives that have damaging effects on a city’s infrastructure.
Explanation: in a text, a main idea is important information that tells more about the overall idea of a paragraph or section of a text. In the given excerpt from "The City Without Us” by Alan Weisman we can see the description of how the salt used on the roadways on winter, is very corrosive because it eats steel, and it also says that with no people, there won't be salt, but there will be rust which is also corrosive. According to this information, the main idea of the paragraph is best represented by option B: Salt and rust are corrosives that have damaging effects on a city’s infrastructure.
The answer is C. "<span>This excerpt is part of the conflict resolution. It expresses the theme that animals are better prepared to survive nature’s elements than humans."</span>
Answer:
B. By showing how weak and indecisive the sisters are
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Explanation:
Katherine Mansfield's short story <em>The Daughters of the Late Colonel</em><em> </em>is about the two daughters of the dead Colonel and their indecisiveness in anything, be it about their father's funeral, or distributing his things or even letting go of their maid.
The sisters' indecisiveness has also been the result of being constantly under their father and focusing their lives around his. None had done really anything for the sole purpose of their lives had been to please and help their father. And once he's gone, none knows how to fully operate on their own, feeling the presence of their father even after he's dead. And in their indecisiveness, the author Katherine conveys the theme of the whole story.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.
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