Which of the following is an example of verbal irony?
A
Her step is as light as a feather.
B
“You are beautiful like a summer day,” she told the winner of the baby beauty pageant.
C
Talking to him is about as interesting as reading a dictionary.
D
Her voice is as sweet as honey.

B. “You are beautiful like a summer day,” she told the winner of the baby beauty pageant.

What is the theme of this poem:

For other fruits my father was indifferent.

He’d point at the cherry trees and say,

“See those? I wish they were figs.”

In the evenings he sat by our beds

weaving folktales like vivid little scarves.

They always involved a figtree.

Even when it didn’t fit, he’d stick it in.

Once Joha was walking down the road

and he saw a figtree.

Or, he tied his camel to a figtree and went to sleep.

Or, later when they caught and arrested him,

his pockets were full of figs.

At age six I ate a dried fig and shrugged.

“That’s not what I’m talking about!” he said,

“I’m talking about a fig straight from the earth—

gift of Allah!—on a branch so heavy

it touches the ground.

I’m talking about picking the largest, fattest, sweetest fig

in the world and putting it in my mouth.”

(Here he’d stop and close his eyes.)

Years passed, we lived in many houses,

none had figtrees.

We had lima beans, zucchini, parsley, beets.

“Plant one!” my mother said,

but my father never did.

He tended garden half-heartedly, forgot to water,

let the okra get too big.

“What a dreamer he is. Look how many

things he starts and doesn’t finish.”

The last time he moved, I had a phone call,

my father, in Arabic, chanting a song

I’d never heard. “What’s that?”

He took me out to the new yard.

There, in the middle of Dallas, Texas,

a tree with the largest, fattest,

sweetest figs in the world.

“It’s a figtree song!” he said,

plucking his fruits like ripe tokens,

emblems, assurance

of a world that was always his own.

HELP ME PLEASE


HOW TO DO MY HOMEWORK!

Directions: Answer the following questions after reading Act I, scene 3 of The Diary of Anne Frank.

2. Why would they get dressed each day instead of staying in their pajamas?
3. Be sure to look at parenthesis – How does Mrs. Frank react when Mrs. Van Daan kisses Mr. Frank?
4. Explain how the character’s behavior to each other has changed from the last scene. Give three examples.
5. Why not sleep during the day?
6. Would you rather live with the Franks or Van Daans? Explain.
7. How does Mrs. Van Daan react to Anne spilling milk on her coat?
8. Why does Mr. Kraler only bring good news?
9. Why would the authors of the play make Mr. Dussel Christian and not Jewish? He considers himself Dutch.
10. Living Arrangements: Why would they let a 13 year-old girl stay in the same bedroom as a 40 year-old man?

Which sentence is NOT true?

A) Stanzas can be different lengths.

B) Some poetry is more like prose than other poetry.

C) Concrete poems are often in the shapes of their subjects.

D) Quatrains must have AABB rhyme schemes.

PLEASE HELP
Read the Prompt:
Write an email that begins with these lines: I’m really sorry I didn’t show up at your party, but it’s not my fault.

What happened? Explain yourself, using all of these words at least once each:
“their,” “there,” and “they’re”
“you’re” and “your”
“it’s” and “its”
“to,” “too,” and “two”

URGENT!!
30 points and BRAINLIEST!!

Write one paragraph 6 to 8 sentences about this prompt

35% of professional athletes suffer from mental health issues at some point in their career write a paragraph explaining why this is happening what is contributing to the rise in this number ?

Over time, Douglass begins to think that “learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing.” Why does he come to feel this way? Explain, citing evidence from the excerpt.

Write a sentence that makes a point with the help of a strong analogy.

Then write another sentence that uses a weak or false analogy to do the same.

If anybody has read Summer of Blood

Identify evidence from the excerpt that reveals why learning to read was so important to Frederick Douglass when he was a boy.
I will name your Answer brainliest!!

Which of the following song lyrics contain an example of alliteration?
A
"When I’m on the mic I stand tall with gall"
B
"Drama, so close to not completing the missing piece of the puzzle"
C
"Stuck in Nintendo, you’re the controller/ Street Fighter and such"
D
"My mind makes marvelous moves, masses/ Marvel and move, many mock what I've mastered"

Read the following text from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her organization?
In response to the rampant graffiti problem in our school, I am proposing one relatively straightforward solution. Each classroom should be assigned to one area of the school and given responsibility for its upkeep, from keeping it clear of litter to ensuring that the walls are unmarked. Students could earn points for each day that their assigned area is kept free of graffiti. These points would entitle students to special prizes or privileges at school. The amount of graffiti around the school lately is simply unacceptable. Property is being damaged, and the custodial staff spends far too much time cleaning up after delinquent students. If students take pride in our school and work together, we can keep it looking spotless and beautiful.

1. by moving the second sentence to the beginning
2. by adding a transition between the final two sentences
3. by describing the problem before moving on to the solution


Also, this question is from IXL R.7 Suggest appropriate revisions (7th grade)

Which sentence uses the word lapse correctly?

A) I am going to run lapse around the track.
B) After her head injury, LaLa began noticing a memory lapse.
C) I forgot my books, what a lapse!

Due in 30 min
URGENT!!!
9 points and brainliest

If dialogue is how the audience learns the story, what type of characterization is going to be most common? Why ?

Which textual evidence from “The Relationship between Hunger and War” best supports the idea that starving enemy armies or people has long been a strategy used by people at war with one another?

A. Sixty percent of the millions of people suffering from poor diets in 2016 lived in areas of armed conflict.

B. Wars are violent and harmful, but destruction of resources can do more damage than weapons.

C. The resolution tells all parties to maintain food stocks, farms, markets, and delivery methods.

D. During the U.S. Civil War, Union soldiers had rules that allowed them to starve enemy soldiers.

What effect do you think the publication of fake news will have on the United States or on Americans in the near future if any? Explain the reasoning behind your answer.

How did Douglass learn to read? Describe how he was affected by the texts he read.

chapter 12, The Wind and the Willows:
Explain why Mole prefers the Wild Wood in the winter over the summer?

Locate the adjectives, adverbs, and articles in the following sentence. Choose "adjective" for each adjective, "adverb" for each adverb, and "article" for each article. If the word is not an adjective, adverb, or article, select "other." Tasty cheese crackers with green onion dip taste good. Tasty cheese crackers with green adjective onion dip taste good

Which sentence uses the word lapse correctly?

A) I am going to run lapse around the track.
B) After her head injury, LaLa began noticing a memory lapse.
C) I forgot my books, what a lapse!

help ASAP pls!! Read the poem "Mother" by Lola Ridge. Then, answer the question that follows. Your love was like moonlight turning harsh things to beauty, so that little wry souls reflecting each other obliquely as in cracked mirrors… beheld in your luminous spirit their own reflection, transfigured as in a shining stream, and loved you for what they are not. You are less an image in my mind than a luster I see you in gleams pale as star-light on a gray wall… evanescent as the reflection of a white swan shimmering in broken water. Based on the figurative language used by the poet, which statement best expresses the theme of the poem? A parent's or guardian's love provides a light that reflects the brightest version of ourselves. As an adult it can be difficult to remember what childhood is like. Children sometimes take the love of a parent or guardian for granted. There are many things in life to be thankful for, including those around us.

What is a (good) counterclaim for the claim; It should be illegal to own exotic animals under certain circumstances.