Machiavelli’s statement “… it appears to me more appropriate to follow up the real truth of the matter rather than the imagination of it …” can best be paraphrased as,

a. it is more appropriate to imagine an ideal world than it is to confront evil.
b. it is more appropriate to not imagine anything about the morality of a leader.
c. it is more appropriate to state things as they are rather than as we imagine them to be.

Biologists recognize five levels of cell organization. the lowest and simplest is the cellular level. organisms here are either unicellular organisms, like protozoa, or colonial organisms. colonial organisms are composed of single-celled individuals that stay together to sustain the life of the whole colony. next on the scale of complexity is the level occupied by tissue. a tissue is a group of similar cells which perform a similar activity. tissues that are organized around a common function together make up an organ, the third level of complexity. the fourth level of organization is the system, formed by a group of organs which together perform a specific bodily process. the fifth and highest level is the organism level, in which body systems work together in a structure capable of independent life. main idea:

Which generalization does the speaker make in the last stanza of to a louse? a) our main source of power comes from living blunder-free lives b) sometimes the best gifts come in the form of little creatures c) seeing ourselves as others see us would free us from blundering

What literary technique is evident in these words from beowulf?