I would say the correct answer is B. hyperbole.
Hyperbole is a figure of speech that authors use when they want to exaggerate things. So this 'vegetable love' cannot possibly grow larger than empires - the poem just wants to demonstrate the power and intensity of this love by using the figure of hyperbole. A paradox would include two completely opposite things, and <em>vast </em>and <em>slow </em>are not opposites.
The correct answer is becoming an astronomy researcher
For starters, it is the only appositive phrase. It is also non-essential because the sentence conveys full meaning even if it was removed.
Answer: A. Elenita versus the music of her parents' homeland.
Explanation: in literature, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict), society or another character (external conflict). In the given excerpt from Gravity by Judith Ortiz Cofer we can see an example of an external conflict between a character (Elenita) and the music of her parents' homeland, which her mother used to listen to in the evenings.
Answer:
Part A
How does the author provide readers with important information about Aunt Gertrude in the passage's exposition?
The author includes a flashback that details the narrator's interactions with and views on his aunt.
The author has the narrator's uncle read aloud a letter written by Aunt Gertrude.
The author includes dialogue in which characters talk about Aunt Gertrude's traits.
The author foreshadows the ending by mentioning Aunt Gertrude's well-known generosity.
Question 2
Part B
Which sentence from the exposition best illustrates the function of this part of the story as identified in Part A?
“This was not the time to press Aunt Gertrude for details, and just a few minutes later, she died peacefully.”
"I had seen Aunt Gertrude more in the past two years than I had ever before in my life, and she could be terrifying, often wearing a mean scowl on her deeply lined face."
“I’ll never forget the last moments before she died.”
“Although I never felt particularly close to Aunt Gertrude, it was comforting to know she was close by in her last years.”
Sorry I could not attach the story myself but here this the name of it
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