A. Professor Bumble worked hurriedly on his new time machine. Fifty times before, it had hopelessly failed. He was sure it would work this tim B. Ten minutes passed, and then thirty minutes, and then one hour. The people waited patiently. But one man could wait no longer. He opened the door to the time machine. The professor was gone!e.

Match the author with the description a. ernest hemingway b. john steinbeck c. robert frost d. langston hughes (1) summers spent in pacific grove, california influenced the symbolism in his literature (2) his poetry includes simple, direct language. many are dramatic monologues written in free verse are about life on new england farms (3) the mood and tone of his literature is largely shaped by his experience as a soldier in world war 1 (4) his poetry and short stories include dialect and colloquialisms which gives his primarily african american characters distinctive voices

The question below refers to the selection “ozymandias” by percy bysshe shelley. the traveler seems to believe that — a. monuments are eternal b. the passage of time is necessary and inevitable c. we must preserve relics of past civilizations d. even the greatest works are destroyed by time

Which of these phrases is an example of understatement?