Excerpt from marsupials carole jenkins when people think of kangaroos, they often picture a baby kangaroo 1peeking out of its mothers’ pouch. animals that carry their young in pouches are a kind of mammal called a marsupial. although the kangaroo is probably the most well known, 2there are many others that live in various parts of the world. kangaroos live in australia and come in many sizes. wallabies are the smallest and are about the size of a rabbit. 3large kangaroos may way as much as 200 pounds and may reach a height of seven feet. baby kangaroos are called joeys and are only about an inch long when they are born. 4a joey may live, and develop in its mother’s pouch for as long as 6 months. kangaroos live in groups called mobs. they are basically very timid animals and 5exscape from their enemies by jumping away on their strong and powerful hind legs. they are vegetarians with sharp teeth to eat grasses and foliage close to the ground. which sentence from the first paragraph expresses the main idea of this passage? a) animals that carry their young in pouches are a kind of mammal called a marsupial. b) although the kangaroo is probably the most well known, there are many others that live in various parts of the world. c) they are basically very timid animals and escape from their enemies by jumping away on their strong and powerful hind legs. d) when people think of kangaroos, they often picture a baby kangaroo peeking out of its mothers’ pouch.

The correct answer is option A. The passage clearly talks about Marsupials since it mentions its characteristcs such as their physical appearance, way of living and place, among other details. Although it talks about kangoroos mostly, it also mentions and characterizes another marsupial, that is Wallabies. Option B does not capture the main idea of the passage, since it talks about both kangoroos and other marsupials. Options C and D refer to specific features of kangoroos, they are too specific to be considered a summary of the main idea of the passage.

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).

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an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.