read the excerpt from act ii of hamlet.

hamlet: my excellent good friends! how dost thou, guildenstern? ah, rosencrantz! good lads, how do ye both?

rosencrantz: as the indifferent children of the earth.

in this excerpt, rosencrantz compares himself and guildenstern to indifferent children. which statement best describes the effect of this simile?

it emphasizes that rosencrantz and guildenstern are hamlet’s good friends.
it shows that rosencrantz and guildenstern are innocent characters.
it reveals that rosencrantz and guildenstern have been friends since childhood.
it uses a strong image to show that rosencrantz and guildenstern are sneaky.

the correct answer is c. he speculates on what might happen at given points in the future in a world without people. alan h. weisman is an american author, professor, and journalist. authors organize their information with a purpose. they present their ideas in an organized way. this is called text structure. weisman uses text structure so as to improve overall comprehension and to prove his points.

the best and correct answer is (a); baba feels guilty about fathering hassan

explanation:

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.

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