If you ever read how to kill a mockingbird 1. “one night, in an excessive spurt of high spirits, the boys backed around the square.” (chp 1, p. 11) a. idiom or b. euphemism 2. “but it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: maycomb county had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” (chp 1, p. 6) a. oxymoron or b. allusion 3. “. . there were other ways of making people ghosts.” (chp 1, p. 12) a. simile or b. metaphor 4. “. . jem said they accomplished more than the americans ever did, they invented toilet paper and perpetual embalming.” (chp 7, p. 67) a. malapropism or b. euphemism

The author attributes papa's unforgivable behavior to which of the following? a. the painful memories connected with his 9-month ordeal in south dakota b. papa's increasing addiction to alcohol c. papa's unfulfilled need to be in charge of something and/or someone d. mama's emotional distance from papa

Bees don't eat flowers they gather nectar from them and take it back to the hive. complete, run on or comma splice

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim