Which sentence uses a semicolon incorrectly? (remember, a semicolon joins two complete sentences.) a. there was no escape; from the judgments of the king's arena. b. never before had such a case occurred; never before had a subject dared to love his daughter. c. in after years such things became commonplace; they were in no slight degree novel and startling.

The following line from "the story of an hour" provides mrs. mallard's view of marriage: "there would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature."which word emphasizes male dominance in marriage?

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read the following excerpt from the novel "oliver twist" by charles dickens. although oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the first law of nature. if he had been, perhaps he would have been prepared for this. not being prepared, however, it alarmed him the more; so away he went

The author’s purpose for including this in the introduction is