Monica gets a call from her coworker tom, whom monica
has a crush on. tom explains that he is taking his niece's
class to the petting zoo tomorrow and wonders whether
monica would like to come along. at the phrase "petting
zoo," monica breaks out in a cold sweat. she remembers
an incident from her youth. monica can almost see her
younger self at a petting zoo. just as she reaches out to
feed a baby goat, the goat bites her hand and chases her.
shaking her head, monica mumbles "not interested into
the phone before hanging up and running to the bathroom
to splash cold water on her face.
which literary device does the underlined portion of the text most clearly
show?

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

Which statement best explains the motivation for the narrator's mother to introduce her daughter to everyone they meet? from amy tan's "rules of the game."

As night falls, how many men are left standing on the battlefield? question 15 options: arthur alone, modred, and one of modred’s best knights modred, arthur, and two of arthur’s followers only arthur and modred only modred