In the passage<span>, ‘The Sand Reckoner” Marcus’s words about needing to disembark contribute to the plot because in paragraph 2 Archimedes is trying to play </span>mathematical games with Marcus<span>, but Marcus is trying to get Archimedes to be serious. He is trying to get Archimedes to understand there’s a war going on and he needs to focus and stop playing games. </span>
<span>Packing the abacus = </span>Facing reality<span>, and </span>seeing that a war is going on<span>, and Syracuse has protected itself. Focusing and attending to the tasks at hand. </span>
<span>Question 72 </span>
What does Archimedes realize about the Great Harbor that brings the story to its resolution/conclusion?<span>
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<span>It could be said that Tan's essay might be a “compare/ contrast” one, because it is presented as a comparison of the English language. She exposes his ideas and provides examples of them , personal experiences and she gives a definition of “mother tongue” and she resorts to his mother to provide a clear example of this topic.The she provides more examples to illustrate her point. It could be said that the text is divided into 3 parts: part 1 presents some situations about different styles of English. Part 2 addresses to her mother limitations with the language and the last part, n°3 focuses on her and how she wrote her stories.</span>
The answer is b..hope that helps!
