Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"Why don't they hurry, why don't they hurry ..." muttered Jem.
We saw why. The old fire truck, killed by the cold, was being pushed from town by a crowd of men.

In the excerpt above, which word has a connotative rather than a denotative meaning?

old
killed
pushed
crowd

Japan is a part of what culture region

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances.there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.

Select the correct answer. which groups fought in the trojan war? a. mycenaeans and minoans b. greeks and trojans c. minoans and greeks d. minoans, mycenaeans, and trojans