Read the excerpt from act i, scene iii of romeo and juliet.

nurse: faith, i can tell her age unto an hour.

lady capulet: she’s not fourteen.

nurse: i’ll lay fourteen of my teeth—
and yet to my teen be it spoken i have but four—
she is not fourteen. how long is it now 20
to lammas-tide?

lady capulet: a fortnight and odd days.

nurse: even or odd, of all days in the year,

come lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen.

the nurse can be viewed as a comic figure in the excerpt because of her

a careless housekeeping.
b willingness to serve.
c roundabout answer.
d firm religious beliefs.

Read the excerpt and answer the question. then i lost my head entirely, mad with the power of exciting such what type of figurative language is used in the excerpt? idiom hyperbole metaphor alliteration

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." a man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there. "rainsford! " screamed the general. "how in god's name did you get here? " "swam," said rainsford. "i found it quicker than walking through the jungle." the general sucked in his breath and smiled. "i congratulate you," he said. "you have won the game." rainsford did not smile. "i am still a beast at bay," he said, in a low, hoarse voice. "get ready, general zaroff." the general made one of his deepest bows. "i see," he said. "splendid! one of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. the other will sleep in this very excellent bed. on guard, rainsford." . . he had never slept in a better bed, rainsford decided. adrian is writing an essay about "the most dangerous game.” which detail from the excerpt best supports his idea that rainsford is unchanged and still feels that the hunter is justified in killing the hunted? a man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there. "swam," said rainsford. "i found it quicker than walking through the jungle." rainsford did not smile. "i am still a beast at bay," he said, in a low, hoarse voice. "get ready, general zaroff." he had never slept in a better bed, rainsford decided.

What does the author use to example of his son's tribal education in his letter to the teacher