What is a likely reason an author chooses a particular theme. 1. to comment about an issue facing society
2. to explain the life experiences of the author
3. to introduce elements of mystery and surprise
4. to help people explore their own creativity

Which excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich reflects the author's opinion that the members of the medical profession don't really care about their patients?

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced

Complete the sentence. there are progressive verb forms in english. four six twelve eight