Which statement contains an example of euphemism?
a) my uncle gently passed away last month.
b) he was a beacon of sanity in a troubled world.
c) it was sad, but then again he was about a million years old.
d) at the funeral, everyone talked forever about what a great man he had been.

Read these sentences from the excerpt: i would sometimes say to them, i wished i could be as free as theywould be when they got to be men. "you will be free as soon as you aretwenty-one, but i am a slave for life! have not l as good a right to befree as you have? how does the use of a rhetorical question advance the author's purposeof showing that all people deserve freedom? it shows the reader that douglass is unsure of hisstatements.it indicates that douglass believes he deserves freedom.oit demonstrates that douglass is questioning his beliefs.it reminds the reader that some questions areunanswerable

How does the author use the falling action in this story? to demonstrate why camila has decided to close the camp to explain why benito is now thinking about becoming a drama teacher to reinforce benito’s success with feedback from the visiting representative to reinforce benito’s failure with criticism from the campers’ parents

Decide whether each item is a sentence or a fragment. if its a sentence, write sentence. if it is a fragment, rewrite it to make a sentence. 1.)his mother, a gentle, yet strong woman. 2.)stepped from the boat after a rugged trip across the atlantic. 3.)diane dipped her doughnut into her milk before taking a bite. 4.)into the sky filled with dark thunderclouds. 5.)the car's hood, hot from the sun's rays.