Read the excerpt from "why alligator hates dog.” dog loved a good chase, so he couldn’t resist leaping off the porch in hot pursuit. what he didn’t know was that this rabbit was crafty: he led dog right, then left, then straight to a deep hole. the rabbit jumped over the hole, knowing full well that dog wouldn’t see the hole and would tumble right into it. that hole just happened to be an alligator den, and guess who had made it his home? the setting in this excerpt make the folktale seem.. a. calm. b. comical. c. mysterious. d. suspenseful.

The institute of international research is holding its annual convention. this year more than 500 scholars have been invited to hear research reports on many timely topics. approximately 250 big name scientists will be winging their way to washington, d. c. how can the underlined sentence be revised so that it fits the tone of the passage? a) approximately 250 people will be in washington, d. c. b) approximately 250 bigwigs will be flying to washington, d. c. c) approximately 250 science people will be going to washington, d. c. d) approximately 250 well-known scientists will be arriving in washington, d. c.

"she is his achilles' heel" is an example allusion alliteration simile personification

In at least 150 words, discuss the comparison described in the figurative language and how the connotative language reinforces the symbol. certainly the utmost rim of my first dome was filled with the tumultuous impression of soldiers marching to death for freedom's sake, of pioneers streaming westward to establish self-government in yet another sovereign state. only the great dome of st. peter's itself has ever clutched my heart as did that modest curve which had sequestered from infinitude in a place small enough for my child's mind, the courage and endurance which i could not comprehend so long as it was lost in "the void of unresponsible space" under the vaulting sky itself.