Highlight the sentence in the paragraph that contains a proverb. When Martine learned her grandmother sprained her ankle, she asked her mom how she could help. Her mom replied, “That’s up to you, but keep in mind that actions speak louder than words.” Martine sprang into action. Instead of a card or a phone call, she asked to spend the day at her grandmother’s. There, Martine fixed her grandmother lunch and tidied up the house. Then the two spent the afternoon talking and watching movies together. It meant a lot to both Martine and her grandmother.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile