What literary device does the author use to make the setting drearier?
Read this passage from The Phantom Tollbooth
The sky became quite gray and, along with it, the whole
countryside seemed to lose its color and assume the
same monotonous tone. Everything was quiet, and
even the air hung heavily. The birds sang only gray
songs and the road wound back and forth in an endless
series of climbing curves.
O a homophone
O an idiom
onomatopoeia
a pun

20 points plus brainlest answer if right. joe nesbo, a travelling salesman, was staying at a hotel for business. he was having a dinner meeting that night, so he decided to take a nap in the middle of the afternoon. he was awakened by a knock at the door, and then a man walked in. “oh my, i’m terribly sorry, this isn’t my room. , pardon the intrusion.” the man calmly backed out and left. nesbo got up and locked the door – something he forgot to do before his nap – and lay back down on the bed. but then he shot up in bed and called the lobby to tell them there was a burglar on the prowl. what made nesbo think that?

Identify an example of an epic simile in book 13, book 21, or book 24 of the odyssey and explain how it is different from a typical simile.

In 300 words or less, summarize the prologue