What is a semi-colon and how is it supposed to be used? How is it different from a comma or a period?

Which connotations are associated with the word representative as it is used in this passage?

In “a worth path” by eudora welty, how does phoenix distract the hunter ? a. she gets him to start dancing with her. b. she asks to see his gun. c. she gets him to focus on the dogs. d. she throws the nickel into the forest.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.