B. both stories include characters that created life
The phrase "lily of a man" as it is used in line 3 of Gary Soto's poem most closely means an anxious weakling, as is said in option C and explained below.
To find the answer, we used our knowledge of context clues.
<h3>What are context clues?</h3>
Context clues are any words or phrases that help us figure out the meaning or connotation of other words or phrases in the same context. Here, we need to understand the meaning of "lily of a man."
The context clues used for that is "A coward I am not," the phrase that comes immediately before "lily of a man." Since both phrases complete each other, we can assume they have similar meanings.
Therefore, we can safely conclude the speaker is saying that he is not an anxious weakling, not a coward. The best answer in this case is option C.
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The topic sentence introduces the reader to what you will talk about.
B. They announce the main ideas of paragraphs
Answer:
It's B. Daisy isn't worth Gatsby's pain.
Explanation:
Even though that Daisy loves Gatsby and loves Tom also, Daisy wants to be with Tom. Nick tells Gatsby that he's better off without Daisy and she's isn't worth his time, love, or even money. Even though that Daisy wanted the money since she is from old money and that Gatsby is the new money (West Egg and East Egg), Daisy wanted to be with the old money instead of going towards the new money.
