The author is using a simile to express how her memory has become blurry.
Answer: B) to help the reader visualize Mrs. Sommers setting herself apart from the more crowded bargain area of the store.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from "A Pair of Silk Stockings" we can see the description of how Mrs. Sommers sat before a counter, to rest and gain strength and courage to confront the multitude again. The author uses the expression "comparatively deserted" to describe the counter where Mrs. Sommers sits to help the reader visualize Mrs. Sommers setting herself apart from the more crowded bargain area of the store, the counter where she seats is empty, compared to the rest of the store.
Answer:
(3) control group
Explanation:
Control group refers to the group of standar individuals who do not receive treatment by researchers, so that their results are compared with the experiential group which did receive treatment.
In the experiment about pulse rate according to music, the student does not include the average pulse rate of the control group that was not exposed to different types of music.
The reason that we receive education is so that we can get jobs and invent new things. If the people during the Industrial Revolution did not have any knowledge they would not have been able to create any of the inventions that were made. Therefor, the US and many other places inspired by these inventions would be completely different. This is just an example.
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