One of the exaggerations of Jim Smiley was by Simon Wheeler wherein Wheeler would say that Jim Smiley is the type of person that "bets on anything that turned up". In the story, Smiley betted on cockfights, horse races, cat fights and other animal fights. This hyperbole emphasizes that Smiley loves to bet and gamble in general.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
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Answer:
D.
Explanation:
'Loveliest of Trees, the cherry now' is a poem written by A. E. Housman. The poem is about making the most of the present moment, adoring the nature and take pleasure in it during this short lifespan.
The line in which the theme that <em>people should take pleasure in nature during their short lives </em>is found in option D. The line in option D the speaker states that to take pleasure in nature fifty years is little. The speaker, while writing the poem is twenty-years old and expresses that as average human life is seventy years, he is left with only fifty years to take pleasure in nature, which the speaker considers is less time.
Therefore, option D is correct.
