In the following sentence, identify the part of speech of the italicized word. catching fish is one of the oldest pastimes.
a. adverb
b. verb
c. conjunction
d. preposition

Esther is a person and who makes friends easily. parallel structure how?

Hyperbole in the book messenger by lois lowry

How does the allusion to icarus support the author’s tone ? a)it makes it clear that earhart, like icarus ,fell to her death .b)it emphasizes earhart’s failure in spite of her ambition. c)it stresses that the author views earhart’s fate as a mystery. d)it shows that the author sees earhart as a kind of legend can someone