Answer:
I think the answer is B. The author is introducing an idea by comparing it to a situation most people would understand or experience.
Explanation:
The other answer choices don't make sense with the rest of the paragraph and the first sentence is always trying to make the reader read more. Which is why they writer put something people relate to.
I hope this helps
First one is C second one is A and last one is C
<span>The correct
answer is 5. The speaker yearns for the Oracle to help elevate American society
to a greater calling.</span>
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In ancient Greece, Sibyls were believed to be Oracles who talked – or prophesied
– to humans on behalf of the Gods, advising
rulers, citizens and philosophers on everything. The Sybil was always a woman.
The speaker in this poem wishes that the Oracle would prophesize that American society
would elevate. </span>