Which maxim is being neglected in the following conversation?

eli: how did you do at the track meet?
caleb: i came in second place!
eli: congratulations! what was your time?
caleb: six minutes, four seconds. the guy who won only beat me by three seconds.
eli: really? katie said the winning time was under 6 minutes.
caleb: oh, well, he might have beat me by five seconds.

How has henry’s exposure to the tales of homer and other greek legends influenced his views of war?

The two styles are different. why would shakespeare create different styles for different characters?

Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. three faces have resolved into place above summer-weight sportcoats and half-windsors across a polished pine conference table shiny with the spidered light of an arizona noon. these are three deans—of admissions, academic affairs, athletic affairs. i do not know which face belongs to whom. which literary device is used in phrases such as “summer-weight sportcoats” and “polished pine”? allusion alliteration irony metaphor