Read the excerpt from "How the Whale Got His Throat.” For the Mariner he was also an Hi-ber-ni-an. And he stepped out on the shingle, and went home to his mother, who had given him leave to trail his toes in the water; and he married and lived happily ever afterward. So did the Whale. But from that day on, the grating in his throat, which he could neither cough up nor swallow down, prevented him eating anything except very, very small fish; and that is the reason why whales nowadays never eat men or boys or little girls.

What is the central idea of this passage?

Human beings are creative when they get into trouble.
Because of one man’s actions, whales never eat human beings.
Whales always have a sore throat because of a grating.
Human beings should stay away from whales to avoid being swallowed.

Identify the appositive or appositive phrase. lucinda gonzalez student that are located milky way

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.

Which is these is not a benefit of parallel structure? a)clarity b)classification c)emphasis d)balance