Change to reported speech:
1. “I’m going away tomorrow, mother,” he said.
2. “I don’t think your father likes me,” said the young wife.
3. “I’ll bring a pasta salad,” said Francesca
4. “We’ve lived here for three years,” he said.
5. “I first met my wife in Seville,” he told them.
6. “I don’t work anymore because I am a retired man,” said the old man.
7. “I have to leave now,” said the housewife in a hurry.
8. “I could swim when I was four,” my friend told

Which of the following passages from “the californian’s tale” to advance the theme that pride can lead to regret? a.california has living dead men walking around b. tramping all day long with pick and pan and horn c. thirty-five years ago i was out prospecting on the stanislaus

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?

"she is his achilles' heel" is an example question 3 options: a allusion b alliteration c simile d personification