Which sentence in the passage best shows how the setting contributes to the narrator’s feeling about the future?
a: we had our swim before sundown, and while we were cooking our supper the oblique rays of light made a dazzling glare on the white sand about us.

b: .it was not in the thicket of dancing willow wands, but on the level terrace of fine sand which had been added that spring.

c: .i was already homesick at the thought of quitting the boys with whom i had always played; of leaving the river, and going up into a windy plain that was all windmills and cornfields and big pastures; where there was nothing willful or unmanageable in the landscape, no new islands, and no chance of unfamiliar birds—such as often followed the watercourses.

d: the hassler boys wanted to see the stockyards in kansas city, and percy wanted to see a big store in chicago.

Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)

What reasons does the author give to support the claim that it is difficult for a message to move people to take action?

Which sentence is punctuated correctly? the shoes normally cost 40 dollars, however; we got them on sale. the shoes normally cost 40 dollars however we got them on sale. the shoes normally cost 40 dollars, however, we got them on sale. the shoes normally cost 40 dollars; however, we got them on sale.