Read the passage. “too quick for groan or sigh, each turned his face with a ghastly pang and cursed me with his eye.… (and i heard nor sigh nor groan) with heavy thump, a lifeless lump, they dropped down one by one.” in samuel taylor coleridge’s “the rime of the ancient mariner,” why doesn’t the mariner hear any of the men sigh or groan as they die? they turn away and won’t look or speak to the mariner. they are cursing him instead of sighing and groaning. they were making too much noise thumping on the deck. they sicken and die too quickly to make any sound.

Read the following conclusion for an essay that claims that extreme sports should be more highly regulated because they are too dangerous: whether it is a high level of physical exertion, or extra doses of the "fear factor," it is common for extreme athletes to beat at the door of fate. it is these people who tempt their own mortality, while curious onlookers wait anxiously for the outcome, who must be protected from themselves. which statement provides the most accurate evaluation of the paragraph? a. the closing statement is unsatisfying b. the passage introduces new evidence. c. the thesis is not restated. d. the style is informal and inconsistent.

For which cause did swift not write? the tory government the devaluation of irish coins the whig wars under william iii the starvation in ireland

In one sentence of approximately 15 to 25 words, write the main idea that thomas paine wants to convert to all the readers of the declaration of independence