1. what is the main idea of this passage?
a. potatoes from ireland started the potato revolution.
b. the average american eats 50 pounds of potatoes a year.
c. french fries are made from potatoes.
d. potatoes are a key vegetable in america.
e. the various terms for potatoes have a long history.

What do mcmahon’s references to thomas carlyle and john stuart mill do for his own image and credibility?

At last it was settled by lot that zeus should reign supreme in heaven, whilst aides governed the lower world, and poseidon had full command over the sea, but the supremacy of zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms, in heaven, on earth (in which of course the sea was included), and under the earth. zeus held his court on the top of mount olympus, whose summit was beyond the clouds; the dominions of aides were the gloomy unknown regions below the earth; and poseidon reigned over the sea. what element of a myth does this excerpt contain? an example of an historical event a lesson about human behavior an explanation of an event in nature a story about gods or goddesses

Read this inference: "one day the neighbors will move out of the little frame house." what detail from the story best supports this inference?