Answer:
Understatement.
Explanation:
An understatement is a statement that describes something in a way that makes it sound less important. In this case, if the Army Intelligence calls you up for a meeting, saying that they want to "chat" is an understatement because it's probably much more serious than that.
C.A writer uses an object to represent significant ideas or qualities
Answer:
In this short story by Ray Bradbury we can find many technologies similar to those we have today.
Explanation:
Here I will leave a list with the technological items in the story and their similar at present:
- The voice of the clock in the room: Although we do not use a clock that tells us "time to get up" over and over again, it is very common to have an alarm clock with some personalized sound, we can even put some song for the cell phone alarm.
- The breakfast oven that prepares the toasts: Today there are microwaves that you can program with a timer to turn them on.
- The voice that speaks about the news and the bills pending payment: This could be similar to the alarms or reminders that we program on our cell phone, where we can write down from birthdays to due dates of bills.
- The automatic garage door: Today there are automated doors that open at the push of a button.
- The dishwashing machine: That exists today, with the only difference that each person must put dirty dishes there.
- Mechanical mice: What resembles this today are electric vacuum cleaners, also programmable that one can leave to vacuum the house on their own.
- The garden water jets: This is also something that is used today.
Answer:
Explanation:
In Cold Blood is said to have been his undoing. The book tells the story of the murder of the Clutter family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Clutter and their two teenage children, Kenyon and Nancy (two older daughters were grown and out of the house), and the events that lead the killers to murder.
Answer:
A). They went to great lengths to ensure that their tombs would not be robbed.
Explanation:
As per the descriptions provided in the excerpt, it can be concluded that 'the pharaohs of ancient Egypt went to great lengths to ensure that their tombs would not be robbed.' To protect the tombs from being robbed, they were preserved inside the grand pyramids as they had an inner threat that if their tombs are robbed, their afterlife might be under threat. Thus, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
