Read the paragraph about carbohydrates. it seems as if every modern diet plan includes an elimination of carbohydrates from one’s diet. "carbs” are being shunned as everyone seeks out "low-carb” foods and diets. but not every carbohydrate is a cookie; not every "carb” should be rejected. consider a healthy bowl of pasta and vegetables before a swim or a run. pasta can provide athletes with energy and a feeling of fullness and satisfaction that might not come from vegetables alone.
what is the controlling idea?
many people seeking to lose weight eliminate carbohydrates from their diets.
carbohydrates’ bad reputation ignores the benefits they can offer.
there are many dishes that pair healthy vegetables with pasta.
athletes must increase their carbohydrate intake to improve performance.

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

What is the meaning for a real looloo

Read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.