17. In saying, "be careful, or you will get lost in the mud," the writer is using:

A. pun.

B. onomatopoeia.

C. climax.

D. simile.

E. metaphor.

What is the first sentence of the book The Alternate Penguin?

Place a check mark next to each statement in which the italicized word functions as a preposition. Leave all other statements unchecked. It was already raining enough to call off the game.

Which phrases in the passages are verb phrases?

Lance wrote this blog post: At first, I thought I couldn't possibly be interested in a story set in A. D. 793, but I was wrong.

The cyclops asks where Odysseus' ship is located. Why does Odysseus lie to him?

It's not easy to know what is true for you or me at twenty-two, my age. But I guess I'm what I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you: hear you, hear me-we two-you, me, talk on this page. (I hear New York, too.

Five-year-old Hannah observes her father get a kiss from her mother because he vacuumed the bedroom. Later that night, Hannah tries to get out the vacuum so she can clean her room.

In the three broomsticks what did harry hear his teachers and others say

Woo emphatically states One chocolate bar cannot ruin a child's health

The following question refers to "The Cask of Amontillado." The narrator has covered his vault with human corpses, including that of Fortunato. True False