Read the excerpt from "daughter of invention". "sticks and stones don't break bones," she chanted. yoyo could tell, though, by the look on her face, it was as if one of those stones the kids had aimed at her daughters had hit her. but she always pretended they were at fault. "what did you do to provoke them? it takes two to tangle, you know.” what is the original meaning of the underlined idiom in this excerpt? people should not criticize others if they have similar problems. sometimes, it is difficult for a person to make a decision. words cannot actually hurt a person like sticks and stones can. a person who keeps moving has no responsibilities and no cares.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Which is the best summary of emerson’s view of solitude expressed in society and solitude? spending time in solitude is preferable to spending time in society, and it is ultimately more beneficial. though solitude is not necessarily valuable in and of itself, it is important to recognize its significance within a larger community. solitude can be beneficial in that it allows the mind to contemplate necessary and difficult questions. only through spending time in solitude and in deep observation of the natural world can one find happiness within society.

Choose the sentence that is not logically connected in the paragraph. (1) it all happened late one night after the family had gone to bed. (2) jack was lying in bed when he remembered he had left the groceries on the back seat of the car. in the paper bag was a carton of ice cream. (3) the ice cream would melt during the warm summer night. (4) he put it in the refrigerator.