D. Only wise people who obey the gods find happiness
She is standing BETWEEN a group of tourists. This shows the attachment between her and the tourists.
A persuasive essay is suppose to convince someone or convey them to a certain topic or to engage people in an activity. It works just like pseudoscience, but it is more in trying to convince the reader to do something or inform the reader in a conveying topic.
The abbreviation after a word in the dictionary tells you what kind/ part of speech the defined word is.
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