Answer:
A. It makes it clear that Twain recognizes the value of what Bixby taught him.
Explanation:
It is obvious that Twain recognizes the lesson from Bixby, when he says, "It was a good enough lesson, but learned the hard way." This means he obviously learned his lesson.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
The rising action is an element of a plot that introduces a situation that will lead to the climax of the story. Generally, rising action develops from a suspenseful situation that makes the reader apprehensive.
This question is about the poem "No Man is an Island", by John Donne.
Answer:
The statement that best describes a theme of the poem is:
C. Everyone and everything in the world is connected as part of a larger whole.
Explanation:
No wonder the title of the poem says no man is an island. We are all connected; we are a continent, a family. If one of us dies, no matter where in the world, all the rest of us should grieve, according to the speaker. We are a part of a larger whole. No man is truly isolated for all men are a part of humankind:
<em>[...]any man's death diminishes me,
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<em>because I am involved in mankind.
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<em>And therefore never send to know for whom
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<em>the bell tolls;</em>
<em>it tolls for thee.</em>
It can be a persons facial expression or the surface of an object that’s shown
