Where are the statements, can you upload a picture of the statement so that I can answer your question
Basically, Polyphemus the cyclops greets Odysseus and his men in a fairly friendly manner, but that doesn't last. When he sees them in his cave, the first thing Polyphemus asks is who they are. He asks if they are traders or fugitives. But then he gets a lot scarier.
Answer:
by the stock of superlatives the author means the group of people who were superlative or of high post or standard in the audience.
And the sentence means that the person exhausted or astonished the minds of his audience that even the superlatives were surprised by his lecture and was....as said the first after Desmond Tutu in 2008 to get a standing ovation or the highest standard of applause to him.
Answer:
The main idea of the paragraph is:
A. Many Greek towns held sporting events with similar games.
Explanation:
When writing a paragraph, we mention the main idea along the first lines and then develop and support that idea in the following lines. In the paragraph we are analyzing here, the author's main idea is expressed in the very first sentence, "The Panathenaic Games was only one of several great religious sporting events held in Greece." From that point on, the author mentions the other several games that were held in Greece. He/She does include minor facts such as the cities where they were held, who could participate, and what sort of differences there could be between them. But the main reason for mentioning all those games is to provide evidence and support to the main idea that the Panathenaic was only of several sporting events.
The category of connective used in this sentence is show consequence.
Because the rain fell all day, the garden was wet - it is the consequence, the result.
