Throughout history, states, rulers, and institutions have often presented the banning and censorship of books and ideas as a benevolent duty their responsibility to protect the best interests of the public. today, most challenges against books contain at their heart the desire to protect young people from encountering ideas and information that could potentially hurt them, unsettle them, or shake up their beliefs. what is the author's purpose in this excerpt? a. to argue that book banning is dangerous b. to explain why those in favor of banning books believe doing so is positive c. to suggest that book banning is generally the result of the actions of young people d. to argue against the banning of a particular book

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.

Which modifier could be used to make a comparison? first identical entirely talented

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.