I would probably say that the author used diction to achieve some kind of effect in the first sentence.
A. The teacher stood at the door smiling brightly and welcoming each student to her classroom on the first day of school.
The author's diction, or word choice, in this sentence portrays the teacher as a nice, kind, caring person.
In relation to "A Shocking Accident," the word that best describes Jerome's attitude towards his father's memory is B. conflicted.
Answer:
This paragraph seems to be a descriptive essay about the mimic octopus. It describes the way that the mimic octopuses ability to change helps it.
Explanation:
The poetic pattern for this work is A-B-A-A-B
