Making prediction is an important reading comprehension strategy and you need to identify the literary theme in order to do so. The theme is the reason why the author has written the piece; the message the author wants to convey through the story. If you know the theme, you can make prediction about how the story will progress.
In the Happy Prince, the theme is that appearance does not always represent one's true feeling; for example The big metal statue of the Happy Prince “feels” the compassion and sacrifices himself for the oppressed.
The last one is the correct answer.
It is "It's going to be a long wait," the nurse confided.
When someone is speaking, there needs to be quotation marks. Also, <em>It's</em> needs an apostrophe because that makes it stand for "It is"
So the last answer is the right one.
Answer:
This is infinitive because of the 'to leave'.
Explanation:
In the above excerpt Welty was using sensory details (principally sounds) to bring her story to life, She could hear her father shaving, and her mother cooking breakfast. She could hear the whispers and whistles and the clattering of shoes as she raced downstairs. She remembered he sound of the old Victrola. She could smell the bacon frying. Through all of these sensory impressions Welty has built a vivid and memorable picture of her childhood.
Answer:
This is an example of a simile because it compares the pill bottle to a buried mine using like. A fountain of books sprang down upon Montag as he climbed shuddering up the sheer stair-well; This is an example of a metaphor because there is not a literal fountain of books but it paints a picture for you.
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