Hansel and Gretel lived on the edge of a dark and foreboding forest. One day, while exploring, they were
captured by a horrible witch, who threatened to eat them.
Though they were frightened, the children devised an
escape plan. When the witch was ready to eat them, they
fought back, eventually pushing the witch into the oven
and running away. When they got home, they told their
parents about their adventure and promised never to go
back into the woods again.
What is the main conflict in this passage?
A. Hansel and Gretel must find a way to escape from the witch, who
wants to eat them.
B. Hansel and Gretel are lost in the woods and must find their way
back to their parents.
C. Hansel and Gretel must decide whether to stay with the witch or
go home.
O D. Hansel and Gretel are angry at their parents and must decide
whether to obey them or not.

A

Explanation:

I say A because it never mentions their parents until the end. It never mentions them being angry, they never had a decision to make a choice to go home or stay, they were not lost and if they were they would have mentioned it,

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

5

explanation: 4