Can you give the choices that its giving you since it says "which of the following words"?
The answer is:
There was no long run-up to the jump.
The jumper carried special weights.
The jumper made more than one jump.
In the excerpt from "The Ancient City," the author Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges makes reference to the long jump exhibited in ancient Greek athletics, which was quite different from modern long jump. For example, there is indication that the athletes did not run before performing the jump, so they probably executed numerous jumps. He also mentions that athletes moved forward special weights, called halteres, which provided impulse to the jump.
Answer:
Normally its the pleasure of doing so or they are just in need of something (i.e. robbing a bank-in need of money). Most people who do something wrong to get something they want do it for the thrill or the pleasure.
Answer:
It contains an analogy and technical language but no allusion
Explanation:
The statements described this are
- Then he rode the bike for a minute, analyzing the change in the bike's performance
- he stared for ten minutes before tightening the rear sprockets.
