A reader using memory tricks to remember a new vocabulary word is using: hyperbole.

synecdoche.

paradox.

mnemonics.

Read this inference: "one day the neighbors will move out of the little frame house." what detail from the story best supports this inference?

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?

Which line from the story of my life by helen keller is an example of a simile? during the whole trip i did not have one fit of temper, there were so many things to keep my mind and fingers busy. i was like that ship before my education began, only i was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. one day, while i was playing with my new doll, miss sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both. child as i was, i at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared dr. bell to so many hearts, as his wonderful achievements enlist their admiration.