Which of the following examples from the story is the strongest example of situational irony?
a. the colonel and the captain can’t decide to let collins get the water.
b. in the midst of the battle an officer screams an order so loudly that it comes out as a shriek.
c. the soldiers’ roar of laughter greets collins on his return.
d. collins returns to give the dying lieutenant a drink of water but spills the water all over the lieutenant’s face.

Ilearned that to this unending torment have been condemned the sinners of the flesh, those who surrender reason to self-will. (v; l. 37-39) which identifies the best inference one could draw based upon the above excerpt?

The two essential parts of the sentence are the: a: subject n verb b: subject n noun c: adjective n verb

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important.what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority