Read the excerpt from a short story. the sonoran desert route was his favorite. his friends were surprised he could endure the solitude of it, but he cherished the barren miles. today he’d passed a mile of verbena in full bloom, followed by ten miles with nothing but sagebrush. the next leg promised cliffs, and he loved to imagine scaling them as he traversed the desolate highway. in fact, one was rising in the distance, and the highway would bear right around it. he looked down to cool the temperature, looked up again, and stared. the grill of a tractor trailer, in his lane, was bearing down upon him. how does the excerpt exemplify the ideas king describes in "danse macabre"? it allows readers to approach a “forbidden door.” it provides a “single powerful spectacle” for the imagination’s eye. it forces readers to “grapple” with their own mortality. it introduces an unlikely “dancing partner.”

In which sentence is the action arrow pointing to the receiver of the action? a. sentence: hawkeye tracked the deer through the forest. an arrow, pointing to the left, is drawn above the verb 'tracked'. b. sentence: hawkeye tracked the deer through the forest. an arrow, pointing to the right, is drawn above the verb 'tracked'.

When lawrence saw the posters for the circus hanging on the bulletin board, as he swept up the trimmings at slim's barbershop, he knew he would be taking his little cousins. they loved animals, and he was looking forward to seeing the smiles on their faces as the circus performers amazed them with their stunts. but sweeping up hair clippings didn't pay a whole lot. lawrence spent 45 dollars just getting tickets. but it was worth it to see his cousins' faces. the day finally came and everyone was excited as they walked into that big circus tent. but lawrence soon realized that he and his cousins would be thirsty and hungry. as they sat in their seats, the drink vendor walked by selling beverages. desperately thirsty, lawrence asked him how much a lemonade would cost, and the drink vendor said, "eleven dollars each." lawrence replied, "oh, that's it? just eleven dollars? what a great deal for one cup of lemonade. that's totally worth it." the drink vendor walked away. which type of irony is used?

Jeff's response to justin assumes that justin is following which maxim? justin: hey, jeff! jeff: yeah? justin: get ready for the news of the day! jeff: okay. justin: i got that job i was after! jeff: wow! that's great! justin: ! starts right now! later!