Thomas had his head down on the table as he waited for the bell that would send him to math class. he'd never felt so sick in his life. his coughs carried through the cafeteria like sad kids calling for comfort that wouldn't come. he cradled a box of tissues in his arms like a newborn baby. he hadn't studied for the final exam and wasn't prepared for the biggest test of his life. thomas had played sick twice, and now he was actually sick and out of chances. the bell called out, laughing at him. that's what you get, it chuckled. he had made this miserable mess himself, and now he would muddle through it, moaning all the way. thomas blew his nose and shuffled toward the hallway. which excerpt from the passage uses figurative language to communicate the idea that thomas wishes he had made better choices in the past? a. he cradled a box of tissues in his arms like a newborn baby. b. the bell called out, laughing at him. that's what you get, it chuckled. c. he hadn't studied for the final exam . . d. thomas had played sick twice, and now he was actually sick and out of chances.

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!

i think its a.

an ugly duckling is teased by the other ducklings. when she grows up, however, the ducklings discover that she is a beautiful swan