I start out tall, but the longer I stand, the shorter I grow. What am I?

In a short paragraph of at least two hundred words, compare and contrast how miguel de cervantes’s use of figurative language differs from language use by ha jin. use at least two examples of textual evidence to support your answer.

What is one advantage of listening to an audio recording as opposed to silently reading a play?

Look up the information for as many of these sources aspossible and write the works cited entry for each one. (you may make up dates and editions where necessary for the purposes of this exercise.)1. mark twain’s  the mysterious stranger2. a dictionary entry for the word  castigation  from  merriam-webster  (any edition)3. an article in  cosmopolitan  magazine by jennifer grant called “all you need to know”4. an encyclopedia entry for the name “geraldine ferraro” from  world book encyclopedia5. a website article titled “welcome to oz” with no listed author or publisher and no corporate affiliation