Read the excerpt from "aunty misery.” with a heavy sigh like wind through a tomb, senor death climbed the pear tree. immediately he became stuck to it as if with glue. and no matter how much he cursed and threatened, aunty misery would not allow the tree to release death. what is the meaning of the simile in the underlined phrase? a. death’s sigh was powerful and strong. b. death’s sigh was playful and silly. c. death’s sigh was loud but went unheard. d. death’s sigh was sad but hopeful.

Hurry me ples u type the correct word from the word bank to complete the sentence. his majesty king bhumibol adulyadej of thailand is the world's longest-reigning living having ascended to the throne in 1946. word bank: anterior annihilated bisected comply copious duplicate duplex magnanimous megalomania microbe omnivorous omnipotent monarch renegade vanguard vanity

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.

As you read in this lesson, satire depends on the audience recognizing and agreeing with the satirist’s implicit criticism of his or her target. how effective can satire be in shaping behavior or opinions if the audience is always in on the joke and thus never the target? your answer should be at least 250 words.