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The narrator suggests that Rayburn may be more accurately described as a "widower devoted to his only surviving child" rather than "a reserved and...

Identify one way in which Lucy's reaction to the lady in the passage from Mrs. Zant and the Ghost differs from Huck's reaction to seeing the strang...

The narrator sees Mrs. Todd in the procession and says that she "knew, with a pang of sympathy, that hers was not affected grief". What reason, if...

Compare the way that the narrator in the passage from The Country of the Pointed Firs and the narrator in the excerpt from Great Expectations descr...

The author argues that "things that are together in our experience become coupled together as ideas". What evidence, if any, does the narrator offe...

What information does the excerpt from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding add to the discussion of the association of ideas in The Science o...

The author describes early experiences in the life of Lewis Carroll and asserts a connection between these experiences and his literary work. How d...

Compare the way that Lewis Carroll's biographer and Robert Louis Stevenson's biographer describe how the authors entertained themselves as children...

This passage states that amphibians in the park exhibit highly specialized adaptations to the harsh glacier climate. Identify a claim that the text...

Though boreal toad populations are declining through the Rocky Mountain range, the populations in Glacier Park seem to be growing. Identify a claim...

This passage states that alpine wildflowers are adapted to survive in the alpine zone. Identify a claim that the text makes to support this theory....

Some alpine wildflowers reproduce asexually. Identify a claim explaining why asexual reproduction is necessary to the survival of these alpine wild...