Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

"Why don't they hurry, why don't they hurry ..." muttered Jem.
We saw why. The old fire truck, killed by the cold, was being pushed from town by a crowd of men.

In the excerpt above, which word has a connotative rather than a denotative meaning?

old
killed
pushed
crowd

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from "the lady of shalott" by alfred, lord tennyson. how is the isolation of the lady emphasized through the poem's settings? on either side the river lie long fields of barley and of rye, that clothe the wold and meet the sky and thro' the field the road runs by to many-towerd camelot and up and down the people go. gazing where the lilies blow round an island there below. the island of shalott a. she lives in a building that is not known to anyone b. while she lives in camelot, she cannot leave her tower c. the town has fields and roads, but she lives in a secluded tower d. she lives in a place that is far away from the road to camelot e. she is surrounded by gray stone walls in the tower reset next 2019 edmentum all rights reserved unit 4 activity-ec. docx a n ittarit

How does the reputation of the author convey authority? from ''city upon a hill''

What reasons does the author give to support the claim that it is difficult for a message to move people to take action?