What do you need help with? Also, I dont think that is a simple sentence.
Answer:
A. "He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead."
Explanation:
This is the only statement that can not be interpreted literally.
<u>Answer:</u>
The sequence of key ideas is as follows:
- Travel by land and water were solved in the nineteenth century.
- The twentieth century will solve the problem of flight.
- Wind resistance is a concern that needs to be solved.
- Wilbur and Orville confirm the existence of tangential force.
- Wilbur estimates they will need at least an engine weighing one hundred pounds.
- He estimates the first flying machine will only reach low speeds.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Key idea 1 introduces the main idea of travel and states that land and water travel were taken care of in the nineteenth century, leaving air travel by implication, which is stated in the next idea. It is further elaborated in detail in the third point which explains the aspect of the problem that needed to be solved. The fourth idea introduces Wilbur and Orville and states their findings on the existence of tangential force, elaborating the former's estimates in the fifth and sixth key points.
Answer:
Stewards were kitchen staff.
Explanation:
On ships, stewards were typically the staff to prepare and serve meals to passengers. You can infer this by the fact they are the only group remaining in the dining area and are implied to be ship staff by the statement "...they were gossiping about their passengers."
The sensory details used to convey images in this excerpt are mainly to do with the grape vines and also the flowers. The grape vines are depicted as "brawny ropes of brown" which conjures up an image of thick strong sinews which spread all over the porch and around the windows and form frames around the windows in "thick bowers" and the flowers in "riotous glory" exhibit wonderful colours and with pleasing textures like the velvety nasturtiums.
