Which of the following is NOT a common characteristic of satire? -It uses personification to give ideas human traits.
-It is used to persuade the reader to accept the author's opinions.
-It uses humor to poke fun at injustices.
-It is used to point out human weakness.

As the boys sleep, military airplanes battle fiercely above the island. none of the boys sees the explosions and flashes in the clouds because the twins sam and eric, who were supposed to watch the signal fire, have fallen asleep. during the battle, a parachutist drifts down from the sky onto the island, dead.