Which sentence is an example of an oxymoron?
a.
the cat purred and stretched its limbs as far as the four corners of the room.
b.
there was a swoosh then a plop when the pot of soup fell on the kitchen floor.
c.
there was a roaring silence outside after the storm swept through the town.
d.
the baby's cries pierced through the walls of the house and woke everyone up.

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

What is missing from the data dump outline for this persuasive essay body paragraph? a. provide 2nd example-data b. claim c. provide 1st example-data

Read this excerpt from edgar allen poe the masque of the red death and answer the question that follows. what kind of writing does the excerpt represent? here the case was very diffierent, as might have been expected from the dukes love