Which scenario is an example of understatement? a. the sign above the carrots in the produce section reads: "eyesight not so good these days? have a carrot, and it will lift the haze." b. travis shows his spanish test to his mother, "look, mom, i scored a 100, which means i can speak spanish fluently! " c. the police officer stops a speeding driver and asks, "sir, did you know you were going 40 in a 65 mile-per-hour zone? i'm going to need you to speed up." d. the doctor tells juan, "your leg is broken in three places, so you are going to be sore for a while."

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?

How do details form the excerpts support the purpose of advocating for children from central america?

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important.what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority