The gist of a story is the main idea of a story. It is like a short summary.
The answer is B. People of that time, Jews, thought of the Samaritans as 'dirt people'...they had a word for it but I cannot think of it at the moment.
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Imagery is when a sentence has descriptive details that help you see what the author wrote.
Example: The frail girl crept through the dark, dusty hallway. Her bare feet blue from the cold, stone floors.
so i would say that the sentence you provided was using imagery :)
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Assimilationists is the encouragement by some americans.
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