Answer:
A. The author of "Grandpa's Beat-up Banjo" uses a one-on-one music competition instead of a physical fight to make the story more realistic to modern audiences.
Explanation:
- To make the story more realistic to modern audiences, the author of "Grandpa's Beat-up Banjo" uses a one-on-one music competition rather than a physical fight.
A. The author of "Grandpa's Beat-up Banjo" uses a one-on-one music competition instead of a physical fight to make the story more realistic to modern audiences.
B. The author of "Grandpa's Beat-up Banjo" uses a character whose tools seem inadequate instead of the character's size as what makes the outcome unlikely.
C. The author of "Grandpa's Beat-up Banjo" does not give a specific location as part instead of naming the particular place because the historical context is not important to the story.
D. The author of "Grandpa's Beat-up Banjo" uses bragging rights as the motivation for Grandpa's entry into the competition rather than his desire to win being connected to the potential prize money.
Answer:
<u>B. My day at school was a marathon and a triathlon combined.</u>
Explanation:
The other three choices are things that could be true.
A day cannot feel like a marathon, so option B is using figurative language.
Answer:
NO CHANGE
Explanation:
Read it aloud and you'll see (or hear) why.
<span>aptitude - natural ability to do something </span><span>Value- usefulness of something</span>
Answer:
Nick's first impression of Myrtle Wilson, recounted in Chapter 2, emphasizes a sense of “vitality” emanating from her physical presence. ... In contrast with Daisy, who describes herself as “paralyzed,” the first time she sees Nick, and Jordan, who has a “hard” body, Myrtle is irrepressibly alive.
