At the end of the story "the gun" by philip k. d, the space travelers leave the planet planning to return in the future. as their ship flies off, the automated destructive weapon they disabled begins to repair itself, unbeknownst to these space travelers. this event is most clearly an occurrence of what figurative device? a: cosmic irony b: dramatic irony c: euphemism d: hyperbole

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)

Which image from those paintings does not demonstrate the “suffering” auden describes in his poem?

Need ! compare and contrast your independent reading selection with one or two other selections you have read in this unit. support your response with at least two pieces of evidence from your independent reading selection. be sure to give the title and author of your selection.