What is the figure of speech.

The prison walls looked down at me cruelly.

What purpose do the commas serve in the following sentence? Danielle goes to dance class on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The commas join independent clauses. The commas separate the items in a series or list.

Read the excerpt from This Land Was Made for You and Me. On March 3, 1940, Aunt Molly Jackson led off the evening at the Forrest Theater.

The line in stanza 1, " Half a league, half a league, half a league" used what literary device to mimic the sound of horses? a. alliteration b. foreshadowing c. repetition d. rhyme

Larry's father has five sons named Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty ... Guess what would be the name of the fifth?

What other stories or traditions might have a function similar to that of fairy tales, and what effects do they have on psychological development?

What motivates Odysseus to tell a lie to the Cyclops?

Which mood is most evoked by the level of focus in this camera shot from The Color of Paradise?

Which statement makes the best counterclaim for this claim? Financial aid for college students should be based solely on academic achievement.

Which word in the sentence is the predicate adjective? My brother is now taller than my grandfather. A. taller B. than C. brother D. grandfather

Read the dictionary entry. foolproof (adj) : 1 designed to function despite human error 2 without possibility of failure Which sentence uses the word foolproof as described by the second definition?