The art of training and cutting plants and trees into ornamental shapes is called topiary work. this art dates back to the days of the romans. they enjoyed training plants to grow in geometric shapes and, later on, created animal designs and designs that resembled furniture. the romans were also a dominant empire during their time. because of topiary work, the romans had many beautiful gardens.
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what is the main idea of this paragraph?
a.
landscaping takes up a great deal of time.
b.
topiary work dates back to the romans.
c.
natural furniture is easily made by hand.
d.
the roman empire existed a long time ago.

Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "you might make a joke on that,” said the little voice close to her ear: "something about ‘you would if you could,’ you know.” "don't tease so,” said alice, looking about in vain to see where the voice came from; "if you're so anxious to have a joke made, why don't you make one yourself? ” the little voice sighed deeply: it was very unhappy, evidently, and alice would have said something pitying to comfort it, "if it would only sigh like other people! ” she thought. but this was such a wonderfully small sigh, that she wouldn't have heard it at all, if it hadn't come quite close to her ear. the consequence of this was that it tickled her ear very much, and quite took off her thoughts from the unhappiness of the poor little creature. what question should a reader ask to clarify what is happening in the story? who or what is the voice speaking to alice? when will alice attempt to share a joke? what secret will alice share with the new character? why do whispers tickle the listener?