(1) the mona lisa was painted by the famed artist leonardo da vinci in the early 1500s. (2) it is one of the world's most famous pieces of art. (3) the painting shows a woman wearing a smile and dressed in black. (4) although no one is exactly certain of the painting's subject, some historians believe it is lisa gherardini. (5) gherardini was the wife of an italian cloth merchant. (6) the painting is currently housed at the louvre museum in france, where thousands of people visit it every year.

claire decided to revise the paragraph by combining sentences 1 and 2 in this way:

the mona lisa, one of the world's most famous pieces of art, was painted by famed artist leonardo da vinci in the early 1500s.

did claire combine the sentences appropriately for this paragraph?

a. yes, because the new sentence shows the connection between the two ideas
b. no, because shorter sentences improve the quality of the paragraph
c. yes, because longer sentences make the author seem intelligent
d. no, because the information in the sentences is not related

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 1. marullus. wherefore rejoice? what conquest brings he home? what tributaries follow him to rome to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels? you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35 things! o, you hard hearts, you cruel men of rome, knew you not pompey? many a time and oft have you climbed up to walls and battlements, to towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, your infants in your arms, and there have sat40 the livelong day, with patient expectation, to see great pompey pass the streets of rome. which summary of the passage is the best? marullus asks a lot of questions, such as, “why celebrate? what has caesar done? who is following him to rome? don’t you remember pompey? ” then he says that everyone is cruel because they do not remember pompey. they forget how they praised him and would climb to the highest places, carrying their children, just to catch a glimpse of him. marullus regrets that the people are celebrating caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise pompey. marullus thinks that the people should celebrate caesar the way they used to celebrate pompey, and that they should be in awe of caesar’s greatness. marullus remembers how the people climbed walls, battlements, towers, windows, and even chimney tops to see the great pompey.

What example from the monkeys paw is conflict

How does the allusion to the boston tea party reinforce king’s argument about civil disobedience? by citing an example of civil disobedience by everyday people, king shows that civil disobedience can be necessary and productive. by using an example of civil disobedience that took place in the past, king shows that civil disobedience is no longer necessary. by using an example of civil disobedience that took place in the north, king shows that the southern states have not used civil disobedience effectively. by using an example of a “massive act of civil disobedience,” king shows that the demonstrations in alabama are not as large and disruptive as his critics think.