As co-owner Ned Bonner said, "If we had to put our store out of its misery, we wanted it to be a lively death Based on the context of the passage, what does the oxymoron lively death mean?

A- He wanted one last chance to keep the business open
B- He wanted to use the occasion to promote reading within the community.
C- He wanted to hasten the store's closing.
D- He wanted to make the store's closing a community celebration

Which heroic quality does manjiro show in the excerpt? read the excerpt from heart of a samurai. that night, lying in his bunk, manjiro couldn’t trying the new words. “buttons,” he whispered. “pockets. shoes. bread.” bread was hard to say. he tried again and again. “captain,” he said. “whitfield.”“what are you doing? ” goemon said.“maybe if i learn some words, i can ask questions.”goemon groaned. “more questions! ”“if we don’t learn their language, how will we know what they intend to do to us? ”

I’m cruel tribute which characters action most advance the development of the plot?

Choose the correct type of literary text for the statement. if both types apply, be sure to choose the answer that includes both types. use(s) imagery? 1: poetry 2: poetry and prose 3: prose