Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. 1. As children grow, their language skills develop so that they may acquire a larger and more complex
2. If a comedian is
she risks taking too long to get to the punch line.
3. The novel ended with an
that was a fitting conclusion to the story's tragic plotline.
4. After Henry finished the classroom assignment, he began
In the margins with his pencil.
5. My sister is such a
that she took a job as a librarian so she could spend all day around books.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.