Which of these sentences from the paragraph best supports the paragraph's central idea that "before the symptoms of als began causing problems for gehrig, he was one of the greatest baseball players in history."
a. sixty years after he retired, fans made him the leading vote-getter for the major league baseball all-century team.
b. the streak was cut short by gehrig's retirement due to als.
c. known as the "the iron horse" because of his durability, gehrig played in 2,130 straight games without an absence.
d. the streak of 2,130 consecutive games stood for 56 years until it was broken by cal ripken, jr. in 1995.

The theme of the first seven years is consistent with characteristics of the time in which it was written. what is consistent about the era and the story’s plot?

Samuel johnson believed that literature should appeal mainly to the scholar, to him the common man, to teach him the common man, to teach and him the king and the parliament

Read the following scene from trifles. mrs. peters. she was piecing a quilt. (she brings the large sewing basket, and they look at the bright pieces.) mrs. hale. it’s log cabin pattern. pretty, isn’t it? i wonder if she was goin’ to quilt or just knot it? (footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. the sheriff enters, followed by hale and the county attorney.) sheriff. they wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it. (the men laugh, the women look abashed.) county attorney (rubbing his hands over the stove). frank’s fire didn’t do much up there, did it? well, let’s go out to the barn and get that cleared up. (the men go outside.) how would a film version most likely emphasize the men’s emotions during this scene? by emphasizing the variety of props used by showing the men’s facial expressions by highlighting the characters’ costumes by focusing on the actions of the women