Read the story excerpt and then answer the question:Sanchez, the defense lawyer, had wanted her client to plead guilty. Her client, Holmes, probably wasn't guilty, but the prosecutor was going to use so many shady tactics to make him look guilty, Sanchez wasn't sure she could win. With a guilty plea, Holmes would at least get a lighter sentence. But there was no use arguing with him anymore. Holmes had insisted. "Even if they lock me up for years," he had said, "I will never admit to that crime." Holmes was a difficult man to work with, but Sanchez admired his sense of honor.The judge banged her gavel and asked, "How do you plead?"Sanchez took a deep breath. "Not guilty, Your Honor," she said. And so the trial began.Which character in the story is most clearly the antagonist?A.The judgeB.The prosecutorC.HolmesD.SanchezSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Re-read paragraphs 4 and 5 (‘Holmes, ever the composed gentleman...scene of the crime.’)Give two reasons why Holmes agreed to take on the case.                   [2]Using your own words, explain what the text means by  ’family possessed a priceless heirloom’ (line 8)

how conan doyle presents dr watson character in sherlock holmes

artner, John Watson, narrates the novel.It can be imagined that my close intimacy with Sherlock Holmes had interested me deeply in crime, and that after his disappearance I never failed to read with care the various problems which came before the public. There were points about this strange business which would, I was sure, have specially appealed to him, and the efforts of the police would have been supplemented, or more probably anticipated, by the trained observation and the alert mind of the first criminal agent in Europe. And I even attempted, more than once, for my own private satisfaction, to employ his methods in their solution, though with indifferent success.7Mark for ReviewABCWhich choice best describes the overall structure of the text?AIt explains that a character is desperate to solve a problem, and then details how another character solves it.BIt lists a character’s concerns about his public image, and then explains how the character addresses these concerns.CIt discloses the inspiration behind the actions of a character, and then describes why the character feels this way.DIt details the speaker’s attempt to emulate another character’s behavior, and then underscores that the speaker was not as effective as the other character.

Without fully examining the extensive evidence at hand, the detective hastily drew a/an _______ conclusion regarding the defendant's alibi. erudite  exultant erroneous meticulousSubmit Answer

What was the focus of the 'Plessy v Ferguson case'?