How is the author's purpose conveyed in the Newsela article "Storytelling and Cultural Traditions"? A. The author tells how West African countries gather around a fire to hear stories from the older family members.
B. The author shares detailed facts from five cultures that pass down their history and culture through stories.
C. The author uses expressive language and quotes from several countries' stories to delight the reader.
D. The author describes how the roles of men and women as storytellers have changed throughout history.

At last it was settled by lot that zeus should reign supreme in heaven, whilst aides governed the lower world, and poseidon had full command over the sea, but the supremacy of zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms, in heaven, on earth (in which of course the sea was included), and under the earth. zeus held his court on the top of mount olympus, whose summit was beyond the clouds; the dominions of aides were the gloomy unknown regions below the earth; and poseidon reigned over the sea. what element of a myth does this excerpt contain? an example of an historical event a lesson about human behavior an explanation of an event in nature a story about gods or goddesses

Pl true or false: a hyphen can indicate that a word has been split up at the end of a line and continues onto the next line.

Complete the sentence. there are progressive verb forms in english. four six twelve eight