Making inferences about setting
what inferences can be made about the setting, based
on the descriptive details in the passage? check all
that apply
highlight descriptive details.
the air was motionless. the dust lay still. only the
horseflies stirred, continuing to bite at our legs, but
nobody even attempted to swat them away.
-iqbal,
francesco d'adamo
1.the setting is unpleasant.
2.the setting is appealing.
3.the setting has very little movement.
4.the setting has insects.
5.the setting is somewhere cold,
6.the setting is a stable.

What is similar about a satire and a parable? o a. both are based on a previous work. o b. both attempt to persuade an audience. o c. both use humor to entertain an audience. o d. both are very short in length.

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

What is the main idea of “young lions, young ladies”?