Read the paragraphs. "I want you to carefully scrutinize the plants at your lab tables,” our science teacher, Mrs. Sharma, instructed.

My lab partner, Sasha, and I leaned in closer to take a better look at the purple flowers. I took careful note of each segment I could recognize. I wrote them down in my notebook.

"What do you observe about their shapes? What different parts can you identify?” Mrs. Sharma asked.

Based on the context clues in the paragraphs, what does the word "scrutinize” mean?

A. examine
B. expose
C. disturb
D. connect

Which excerpt from the awakening best highlights the elation edna feels when she thinks of robert? the morning was full of sunlight and hope. edna could see before her no denial—only the promise of excessive joy. she lay in bed awake, with bright eyes full of speculation. “he loves you, poor fool.” he would come to her in the afternoon or evening, sit and roll his cigarette, talk a little, and go away as he had done the night before. but how delicious it would be to have him there with her! robert did not come that day. she was keenly disappointed. he did not come the following day, nor the next. each morning she awoke with hope, and each night she was a prey to despondency. his horses were full of mettle, and even a little unmanageable. she liked the rapid gait at which they spun along, and the quick, sharp sound of the horses' hoofs on the hard road.

Which values of the ancient greeks are most emphasized in the excerpt?

Read the passage.which statement best describes how pacing of events heightens tension