What is the central idea of the first paragraph? A.
People thought Obama would lose to Hillary Clinton.
B.
Obama would not have become president without others' help.
C.
It was not easy for Obama to get elected president.
D.
People who were not used to voting volunteered for Obama.

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.

Which literary device has emily dickinson used in these lines? how dreary to be somebody! how public, like a frog to tell your name the livelong day to an admiring bog! metaphor alliteration simile allusion

Which renaissance writer was a humanist because of his focus on human nature