15. read the excerpt from 'harrison bergeron'
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"ladies and gentlemen—" said the ballerina, reading the
bulletin. she must have been extraordinarily beautiful,
because the mask she wore was hideous. and it was easy to
see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the
dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by
two-hundred-pound men.
what is ironic about the description of the ballerina?

4. how does the speaker's comparison of sinners to aninsect (paragraph 7) contribute to the central idea of thetext? o a it emphasizes the negative view god has ofsinners and how inconsequential they are to him.o b it stresses the connection that exists between allof god's creatures, whether they be human orinsect.o c it suggests that sinners can change for the better,as insects are known to go throughtransformations.o d it portrays sinners as being just as prevalentaround the earth as the wide variety of insects.