Which excerpt from ñgood country peopleî is the best example of figurative language?
a)the reason for her keeping them so long was that they were . . good country people.
b)if she donít get there before the dust settles, you can bet sheís dead, thatís all.
c)she would make these statements, usually at the table, in a tone of gentle insistence as if no one held them but her
d)it was hard for mrs. hopewell to realize that her child was thirty-two now and that for more than twenty years she had had only one leg.

Which example is presented in chronological

When the telephone rings incessantly, what is it that the men want to have happen? they want the phone to be answered because it is jangling their nerves. they want mr. frank to go to the office and answer it because they are afraid it might be bad news. they want mr. frank to go to the office because they think it might be miep. they want mr frank to ignore the phone.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance