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Topic 2: Togetherness
Explanation:
I chose this word since it matches the meaning of empathy 
It covers the big ideas about the main point of what empathy is and that it is an important clue to figuring out what the main idea is.
I didnt read the article but I read the topics so you can answer that one.
Hope this helped, kind of lol.
 
        
             
        
        
        
The conch comes to symbolize, c) order and civilization.
        
             
        
        
        
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Explanation:
I would say it makes the event seem more exciting contrasting the lifeless town to the rapidly moving weather, but that is just my opinion.
 
        
             
        
        
        
The correct answer is b. 
Hardly, as an adverb means "just", hardly, in this context is acting as a limiting modifier of the word ever. <em>Hardly ever</em> means very occasionally. We may use words like it to emphasize how infrequently an action takes place. You should note also that there could be other ways to give quite the same meaning, like when you use <em>rarely</em> or <em>seldom</em>, but, hardly ever has also a <u>negative</u> connotation.