"then joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, 'send everyone away from me.' so no one stayed with him when joseph made himself known to his brothers. and he wept so loudly that [all] egyptians heard it, and the household of pharaoh heard it. joseph said to his brothers, 'i am joseph. is my father still alive? ' but his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence."
to show the depth of joseph's sorrow, the writer used
• personification
• literal language
• a metaphor
• hyperbole

4friends evenly divided up a nn-slice pizza. one of the friends, harris, ate 11 fewer slice than he received.

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim

Which best explains how this excerpt creates suspense it develops the plot using dialogue instead of description. it explains that the fishermen have found two graves on the island. it shows that manjiro is a character who asks a lot of questions. it includes a question that the reader will want to know the answer to.