Identify the verb in the following sentence. paul is not home today. a is b not c home d today

Of all the attributes essential to a respected man or woman or to a respected nation, the predominant characteristic is self-discipline. laws cannot be made compelling people to suppress their desire for power or position. no method of legislating such wisdom exists. as free people, we must face a choice between two types of discipline. one is the self-discipline that is still open to us—the kind that free people and free nations exercise when they select the executives, lawmakers, and judges who will govern them and assure their protection and well-being. the second is a cold-blooded, ill-intentioned, form of discipline that may be thrust upon us by strangers—the discipline of force, terrorism, suspicion, and intimidation—the discipline used in totalitarian regimes.does every sentence following the first in some way support the theme?

Which of the following sentences from the text contains an example of metaphor he look like one of those ballerinas that dance just on the tips of your toes be mom was horrible snake-woman boys came out again and said if you ever ever see brian's hand was shaking and he was crying like a big baby but his fingers still stayed out the right when the fire was going to give him a good roasting joetta ran across the room and sounding like the little engine that thought it could she blew the match out before it got him

He ran. thinking back now, he wasn't sure why he ran. maybe he was in a hurry to bring the shoes to his father, or maybe he was trying to run away from his miserable and humiliating day at school. —holes, louis sachar which text detail shows a flashback is happening?