•I was thrilled that my cousin was coming to stay with us. (B. joyous)
Definition: joyous is an adjective which describes the state of great happiness.
•My heart broke when I saw the children in the hospital. (D. empathetic)
Definition: empathy is a psychological identification, ability to share and understand the feelings of others.
•You're so silly, you can't wear pajamas to school. (C. Playful)
Definition: playful expression is expressed with the intent of amusement in contrary to express seriously.
•She has no talent; she's a fool if she thinks she'll be cast in the play. (A. cruel)
Definition: cruel is an expression of being unkind or cold hearted towards other’s pain or suffering.
Answer:
Like most of the best science fiction novels, H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds was light years ahead of its time. ... Having been around for more than a century, H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds still tickles the readers' fancy, which makes it easily one of the best books of all time.
Explanation:
Answer: C) ABCB.
Explanation: To determinate the rhyme scheme of a poem we need to pay attention to the ending sound of each line and we need to assign the same letter to similar sounds and different letters to different sounds. In the given poem, we have that the second and last lines end with similar sounds: "toes" and "knows" and the first and third lines end with different sounds: "bottom" and "end", and the second verse is also like that (second and last lines: "shy" and "spy" and the first and third lines are different: "bold" and "me"). So the rhyme scheme would be ABCB.