Which best expresses the main idea or intent of the author in this passage?
A) The author is writing a story that is meant to critique the economic structures of American society.
B) The author wants to make the reader fall in love with the charming nature of Ethan and his amusing personality.
C) The author hopes that the reader becomes fascinated with the history of the town of Starkfield in this passage.
D) The author wants to intrigue the reader about Ethan Frome's story by hinting at how horrific Ethan's past must have been.

Which would be the most credible source for researching the effects of smoking? letter from your grandfather web page about someone’s lung cancer report prepared by a tobacco company research article in a scientific journal

Which of the following root words means bad

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”