William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon in England in 1564. He went to London as a young man where he wrote and acted in plays. Before he retired to Stratford in 1610, he wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and several longer poems. He died in 1616.

This passage would be part of .
A) a biography
B) an anecdote
C) a bibliography
D) an autobiography

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.