While reyna was driving to work, her car engine sputtered, stopped, and started smoking. reyna pulled over to the side of the road and got out of her car. suddenly, the engine caught fire and started burning out of control. she called her office to say she was running late. “i’m having a little car trouble,” she told her boss. which literary device did the author use in the passage? paradox understatement allegory symbolism

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "you just don't understand," she said, as maggie and i came out to the car. "what don't i understand? " i wanted to know. "your heritage," she said, and then she turned to maggie, kissed her, and said, "you ought to try to make something of yourself, too, maggie. it's really a new day for us. but from the way you and mama still live you'd never know it." in the excerpt above, what can the reader infer about dee's opinion of her sister? she admires maggie for preserving the family traditions. she feels superior to maggie because she is uneducated. she feels sorry for maggie because of her poverty. she respects maggie because of her resilience.

Read the excerpt and answer the question. the boards themselves seemed to remain upright not from being nailed together but rather from leaning together, like a house that a child might have constructed from cards. what best describes the figurative language in the sentence above? idiom simile onomatopoeia personification

What does bittman’s style and language tell you about him?