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(1) when people get sick during the flu season, they are not always sure whether what they have caught is the flu or a cold. (2) it's true that the symptoms of the two overlap. (3) however, there are some distinct differences between cold and flu symptoms. (4) first of all, people rarely get a fever when they have a cold. (5) in contrast, people with the flu typically get a fever of about 100 to 104 degrees fahrenheit, which lasts three to four days. (6) also, although a cold is at times accompanied by a headache, headaches are much more likely with the flu. (7) third, cold victims experience at most a few slight aches and pains. (8) but aches and pains are a usual feature of the flu and can often be quite severe. (9) finally, even though a cold never exhausts its victims, someone with the flu may suffer extreme fatigue.

q. the paragraph lists a series of

a. definitions.

b. examples.

c. comparisons.

d. contrasts.

It seems to be contrasts so it is probably D, if not then it's C.

(c.) Comparison

Explanation:

Paragraph starts with the problem that people often get confused between flu  and cold.

Later, explained the differences between the two.

it was surely an odd creature that one made up by reading the historians first and the poets afterwards a worm winged like an eagle; the spirit of life and elegance and charm,   in a kitchen chopping up suet. but these creatures, monst'r however entertaining to the imagination, hast no existence in fact. what one might doth to bringeth h'r to life wast to bethink poetically and prosaically at one and the same moment,   thus keeping in toucheth with fact—that the lady is mrs martin, ag'd thirty-six, did dress in blue, wearing a black coxcomb and brown shoeth; but not losing sight of fiction eith'r—that the lady is a vessel in which all s'rts of spirits and f'rces art coursing and flashing p'rpetually. the moment, howev'r, yond one tries this method with the elizabethan mistress, one brancheth of illumination fails; one is did hold up by the scarcity of facts.   one knoweth nothing detailed, nothing p'rfectly true and substantial about h'r.   hist'ry scarcely mentions h'r.   and i did turn to professeth'r trevelyan again to seeth what hist'ry meanteth to that gent.   i hath found by looking at his chapt'r headings yond t meanteth.

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job