Read the excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. I had been kneeling on the island grass; when the unrecognizable flap of frog skin settled on the creek bottom, swaying, I stood up and brushed the knees of my pants. I couldn't catch my breath...

Which answer best describes how the phrase I couldn't catch my breath affects this excerpt?

It creates a tone of calmness and hope.

It creates a tone of appreciation and gratitude.

It conveys a tone of shock and surprise.

It conveys a tone of repulsion and fear.

Which excerpt from rudyard kipling’s the white man’s burden conveys

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

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