Bill Bateman conducted an experiment on squirrels when he visited his family in New York to determine when the squirrels would see him as a threat or not.

He walked in four different ways towards the squirrels by:

Walking on the sidewalk, with direct eye contact with the squirrels
Walking on the sidewalk, but not looking at the squirrel intently
Leaving the sidewalk with no direct eye contact with the squirrels.
Leaving the sidewalk and looking intently at it.

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2 years ago

In "The American Idea," White refers to the Americans who fought against British rule as "tough men fighting for a very tough id

fenix001 [56]

The answer is letter d

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3 years ago

Practice and Apply Identify the verbal irony or pun in each sentence and

KonstantinChe [14]

Answers with Explanations:

1. Ned said, "I just love working in the hot sun. When can we do it again?"

Ned exclaimed the opposite of what he's actually feeling because, in reality, he doesn't want to work under the hot sun. By asking the question "When can we do it again?," actually means that he is not looking forward to another day to working in the hot sun.

2. Billy Fisher was a minor character and remained one as an adult.

This statement actually meant that Billy Fisher's importance in the story only remained as a minor one and he never progressed until the he grew older into an adult.

3. Kara read that Tom Sawyer tricked the boys. What a good friend!" she remarked.

Kara actually meant that Tom Sawyer's tricking the boys was a mischievous thing to do. Thus, she stated in verbal irony that he was a "good friend" when, in fact, what he did wasn't good.

4. His friends none the wiser, Tom surveyed the results of his whitewashing.

Tom actually didn't do the whitewashing, it was Ben and the his other friends whom he lured into whitewashing as he told them it was an enjoyable thing to do. Being given the chance to do the whitewashing, Tom's friends gave him a prize in return.

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3 years ago

Select the correct text in the passage. Which phrase or sentence in the poem "At the Window" by D. H. Lawrence uses metaphor?

Deffense [45]

The sentence in the poem "at the window" that use a metaphor is:

"While slowly the house of day is closing its eastern shutters."

<h3>What is a Metaphor?</h3>

A metaphor is simply a literary device or a figure of speech that compares two objects or subjects that have nothing in common without using the words:

"like" or "as"

For example, "his skin was sandpaper" is a metaphor while "his skin was as sandpaper" is a simile.

Learn more about Metaphors at:

brainly.com/question/75180

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1 year ago