PART A: Which statement expresses the central idea of the text?
A While women initially programmed digital
computers, they were pushed out of their jobs
in favor of men continuing their work.
B Women fell behind men in computer science
because boys were often encouraged and
enabled to play with personal computers.
c When personal computers were developed,
the games for boys helped them develop
technical skills while the games for girls were
useless.
D From the very beginning, women were not
encouraged to play or work with computers, as
technology was considered to be for men.

Metonymy is best defined as a figure of speech in which

Read this excerpt from holes. he had no sailing experience, but the ship’s captain signed him aboard. the captain could see that elya was a man of great strength. not everybody could carry a full-grown pig up the side of a mountain. it wasn’t until the ship had cleared the harbor and was heading out across the atlantic that he suddenly remembered his promise to carry madame zeroni up the mountain. he felt terrible. what information does this flashback provide about elya? a.elya did not intend to break his promise to madame zeroni. b.madame zeroni is very angry and disappointed in elya. c.elya is terribly afraid of madame zeroni’s curse. d.elya does not care what happened to madame zeroni.

In the great gatsby, daisy is described as