Hello. Did you forget to show that the underlined words to which the question refers are: cruel favor
In addition, you forgot to show the answer options. The options are:
The underlined figure of speech is ________ (choices: a euphemism, a simile, a metaphor, an oxymoron)
The reader can infer that ________ (choices: the narrator plans to take up baking with Lisette, the narrator feels that Lisette should do her more favors, the narrator will pretend to enjoy Lisette's brownies, the narrator suspects that Lisette is dishonest with her)
Answer:
1. euphemism
2. the narrator will pretend to enjoy Lisette's brownies
Explanation:
Euphenism is the figure of speech that has a lighter and more pleasant term, softening a bad meaning of another term that could be used. In this case, when the narrator says that Lisette took the Brownies as a "cruel favor" he wanted to soften the meaning that eating her brownies would be a bad experience.
Furthermore, by using eupenism, the author reinforces the idea that since Lisette is a very kind person, he will pretend to like the brownies, even if he doesn't like it.
Answer:
Similar.
Explanation:
A poem can be defined as a literary work that comprises of written or spoken words that are chosen and arranged carefully in separate lines, often in short lines based on their sound (diction), meaning, and rhythm.
There are different types of poems and these includes the following;
I. Free verse.
II. Sonnet.
III. Ode.
IV. Elegies.
V. Fixed verse.
Fixed verse poem is a type of poetry that has a fix number of syllables (meters) in each line accompanied by the required rhyme. It is also referred to as structured poetry because it require that poets adhere strictly to guidelines with respect to the length of each lines and rhymes.
Hence, a fixed verse poem contains lines that are similar in length.
Iambic pentameter is one of the most commonly used meters in English poetry. Iambic pentameter means each lines contains five (5) iambs. An iamb being one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed.
For example, When I / see BIR / ches BEND / to LEFT / and RIGHT
