I’ve never met a word 1 That couldn’t be replaced 2 With some captivating synonym 3 That just stared me in the face. 4 My friends call me a euphemism: 5 Mr. Big Vocabulary, 6 Because I make their simple words 7 more extraordinary. 8 When they say go forward, 9 I reiterate—“proceed” 10 When they say they’ve stuff for sale, 11 “merchandise,” they hear from me. 12 It’s not an obligation; 13 don’t misunderstand. 14 The right word’s always there (somewhere) 15 waiting patiently to stand 16 in a sentence or a paragraph— 17 perfection is the thing. 18 A guardian of language, 19 I make your statements sing. 20 I think it’s just good sportsmanship 21 to this notion, I subscribe: 22 that our words are exclamations 23 of the thoughts we wield inside. 24 And if I can be the bearer 25 of superior expressions, 26 then Warden of Vocabulary 27 is my chosen life profession. 28 In line 13, the word obligation means A) duty. B) enjoyment. C) possession. D) sentence.

Check my grammar: dear mr. peter szulczewskisubject: loyal customer’s complainti visited wish. com last month and found a 2-terabyte hard drive for only $69.99, an alive aquarium piranha fish for $7.99 and an unlocked samsung galaxy s9 phone for $599.99. the price of such quality item got me to buy all three of them thinking it is exactly what the description and pictures shows it be. the items arrived today and i am for giving me an actual samsung galaxy s9 for a low price but i got lied about the two other items, i know it doesn't always happen but we are losing our trust everytime it happens. i got 500gb hard drive and a plastic sardine fish. i thought i saved money but a 500-gigabyte hard drive should only be worth $40 and i am ok that they gave me a plastic fish because it is only $8 but they gave me a sardine plastic fish which is a very uninteresting species of fish and i have no use for it. you again for the phone. i like buying in your website and admire the prices you give to your items. i will not ask for a refund for the fish and hard drive but you should tell your sellers to use a truthful descriptions of their products because if they keep deceiving us, you might lose a lot of loyal customers. sincerely, russell john javierloyal customer

Reread paragraph 1 of “welcome to ‘rise of the knights.’” which word from the paragraph does not create a tone of enthusiasm?

Read these lines from denise levertov's poem "in thai binh (peace) province": it is that life, unhurried, sure, persistent, i must bring home when i try to bring the war home. child, river, light. here the future, fabled bird that has migrated way from america, nests, and breeds, and sings, common as any sparrow. which statement best interprets the author's use of metaphor in these lines? a. the metaphor of home suggests that american foreign policy should turn inward. b. the metaphor of the river suggests that life moves ear forward. c. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that the war has left americans divided. d. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that vietnam will rise to fight again.