Select the correct word to complete each sentence.

When writing a letter to your grandma from Arkansas, you would use English.

standard
informal
formal
nonstandard
general

Some business leaders use when they talk about "performance results" or "branding".

jargon
idioms
informal English
gobbledygook
slang

Which best expresses the irony present in this passage?

On one of his many outings through the brobdingnagian countryside, gulliver walks on a small path through a field. during this walk on the small path, how does gulliver get dirty? a. the dwarf throws at gulliver, b. the queen of brobdingnagian steps on gulliver, c. gulliver gets caught in a rainstorm, and d. gulliver falls in cow dung.

Why is figure of speech important in reading and writing?