Answer:
C. Kuno’s prediction and Vashti’s revisiting of the prediction
Explanation:
The book "The Machine Stops" is a short story that describes people who live underground and are solely dependent on a machine to solve the physical and spiritual needs.
Vashti is one of the inhabitants along with her son Kuno. Vashti is an obedient follower of the machine and its actions and decisions but Kuno is a rebel who is not happy with the way things are run underground and is eager to leave.
He tries to escape but is caught and forced to stay back, then subsequently he begins to see defects in the Machine and predicts its collapse, Vashti brushes aside his predictions even though they become more glaring each day.
Eventually when the defects become too much, Vashti revistists the prediction of Kuno and begins to brood. This causes suspense and confusion.
Answer:
C) Little Free Libraries are growing in popularity around the world because they bring neighbors together and make books more accessible.
Explanation:
A. is not the right answer. While DooSun liked building Little Free Libraries because, as he says, books are equal to treasure and he wanted to share it, this is not the main concept of the selection. DooSun‘s story is only part of the text.
B. is not correct. Little Free Libraries are not built by gathered funds, but by individual people.
<u>C. is the correct answer. The point of the excerpt is to tell the story of a few Little Free Libraries and how they grow around the world</u>. The text tries to explain this is because <u>people feel a sense of community</u>, as this way they can <u>share their experiences about books</u> with the neighbors since Little Free Libraries <u>make reading more accessible</u> to all in the area.
D. is not the correct answer. While Little Free Libraries are hand build boxes for various novels, this is just an explanation of what they are and not the main idea of the text.
Answer: When someone is speaking something, and you want so badly to interrupt and say no that isn´t right. Thats how you know you do not agree with something. When you believe in something so strongly, words just flow out of your mouth and help others understand your point of view.
Explanation:
Answer:
I already helped with 1, and i don't know the answer to some of them, but here are some more:
Number 3 is actually a common riddle that exchanges 3 different animals/foods throughout cultures. Here's the wikipedia page for "wolf, goat, cabbage" with the solution to the riddle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf,_goat_and_cabbage_problem
here's the solution with the animals from your version put in. It works because the crocodile doesn't want to eat the peanuts.
1. Take the dove over
2. Return
3. Take the crocodile or peanuts over
4. Return with the dove
5. Take the peanuts or crocodile over
6. Return
7. Take dove over
and for number 6, the answer is the letter U.
Suspense. It's not Gothic lit without suspense.
