Which of these best describes the purpose of the selection? a. To explain how the author became a great paintbal player

b. To show how people who think they are tough are really weak

c. To explain how the past made the author appreciate his new life

d. To describe how it was impossible for the author to escape is past

Read the excerpt from "declaration of conscience" by margaret chase smith. the exercise of these rights should not cost one single american citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. who of us doesn't? otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. otherwise thought control would have set in. this excerpt contains an example of

Me ! select the correct answer. which sentence is an oxymoron? a. to have peace, we must go to war. b. a glass can be viewed as either half full or half empty. c. the lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients. d. spies do not dress like spies. e. though the lab was messy, there was a method to his madness.

What element of medieval literature does the disappearance of the sword into the lake represent?