Critical, because you are actively engaging and analyzing what is going on. you use this then to further the conversation and challenge those involved. reflective means you take that info and ponder it but keep it to yourself. appreciative means you agree or like what's being said but don't contend or challenge it. and empathetic doesn't make any sense in that context unless the topic required you to commiserate with the people around you. <span />
The author is using irony because although Veronica took vitamins and exercised every day to make sure she's healthy during her vacation, she still got sick. Many people would've thought that Veronica wouldn't get sick since she's doing all these things to stay healthy, but in the end people get an unexpected outcome.
A. he was among the first major English novelists
The solar system the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun
