Which sentence best describes the definition of a theme in literature? .
a theme is contrasting concepts in a text..
a theme is the topic of a text..
a theme is a perspective about a text..
a theme is the purpose of a text.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)

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abominable dr. phibes

1: 42

2

american psycho

2: 07

3

speak of the devil

1: 48

4

walk among us

1: 23

5

the hunger

1: 43

6

from hell they came

7

dig up her bones

3: 02

8

blacklight

1: 28

9

resurrection

1: 30

10

dead kings rise

3: 05

11

this island earth

2: 15

12

crimson ghost

2: 01

13

day of the dead

1: 50

14

the haunting

1: 26

15

mars attacks

2: 28

16

hate the living, love the dead

1: 37

17

shining

3: 00

18

don’t open ’til doomsday / hellnight

7: 58