1. Pathetic fallacy A) Readers must know what the weather is like to set the scene in their minds
B) It creates atmosphere
C) Reflects a certain mood/tone/atmosphere and may allude to future events.

2. repetition
A) So that readers don’t forget something
B) Stresses or highlights the importance of a central idea for the reader.
C) Makes reading the novel easier because certain words are repeated.

3. oxymoron
A) To stress how clever the author can be by using opposites.
B) To create confusion for readers.
C) To reflect conflict, irony, and develop characters.

Which of these sentences has an error in subject-verb agreement? a. official procedures calls for students who are tardy three times to serve detention. b. as a result of her efforts, a team of volunteers signs up every month to clean the city's parks. c. the committee of parents protested loudly at the school board meeting. d. each of the neighbors brings a dish to share at the pot-luck gathering.

When should readers refer to a dictionary instead of relying on context clues? select all that apply.when they have timeeach unfamiliar word they findwhen the surrounding words are unfamiliarwhen an unfamiliar word appears frequently

However, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. what would be the best way to revise this sentence for greater clarity? a) however, the fact that columbus left spain thousands of years after people settled what would become the united states never dawned on me. b) it never dawned on me, however, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain. c) however, the fact that people were already living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. d) however, the idea never dawned on me that long before columbus ever left spain, real-life people lived for thousands of years in what would become the united states.