Read the adapted excerpt from Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Soon after, I heard a general shout, with frequent repetitions of the words Peplom selan, and I felt great numbers of people on my
left side, relaxing the cords to such a degree that I was able to turn upon my right, and to get a little ease. But, before this, they had
daubed my face and both my hands with a sort of ointment very pleasant to the smell, which, in a few minutes, removed all the smart
of their arrows. These circumstances, added to the refreshment I had received by their victuals and drink, which were very nourishing,
disposed me to sleep. I slept about eight hours, as I was afterwards assured; and it was no wonder, for the physicians, by the
emperor's order, had mingled a sleepy potion in the drink.
Which choice best identifies the main idea for a summary of the excerpt?
A.
There are several people untying the cords and bringing food and drink.
B.
The narrator gets some relief and care by those who had bound him.
C.
There is a lot of commotion as they all rush to care for the narrator.
D.
The narrator is injured and ends up sleeping due to the tonic he drinks.

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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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the grass-plot before the jail, in prison lane, on a certain summer morning, not less than two centuries ago, was occupied by a pretty large number of the inhabitants of boston; all with their eyes intently fastened on the iron-clamped oaken door.

— the scarlet letter,

nathaniel hawthorne

''eyes intently fastened''

''iron-clamped oaken door''

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