Veronica exercised and took vitamins every day, trying to make sure she would feel strong and healthy during her vacation. when she arrived at the hotel, many guests had the flu. she got sick the next day. which literary device is the author using?
a. hyperbole
b. paradox
c. irony
d. understatement

What was stevenson’s grandmother’s legacy to him? how does his work build on her legacy,? what values do you learn from her that he continues to display in his adult life?

You are reading an informational text for english class, and you find a lot of words you don't know. your teacher says you don't need to look up all of them in the dictionary, only the ones you need to get the main point of the text. how could text features you figure out which words to look up?

Read the sentence: though margo moved as slowly as a snail in the morning, she somehow ended up being the shining star at the corporations breakfast meeting. which phrase from the sentence is an example of the authors use of simile? a) being the shining star b) somehow ended up c)the corporations breakfast meeting d)moved as slowly as a snail