The meaning of impending used in the sentence was C. About to happen
Answer:
The boy makes a new friend.
Explanation:
In this part of the story, the boy that is son of the general goes every day to see his new friend (the biy in striped pijamas) and talks to him about his day, what he often does, etc.
This happens every day, until one day, they decide to play together and the boy inside the prison brings the other one a striped pijamas just like his.
The son of the general wears it and enters with him to the prison without his family knowing, of course.
That day they incinerate some of the children inside the prison, including the two of them.
The general realizes his boy was one of them too late.
Answer:
An epidemic of fever sweeps through the streets of 1793 Philadelphia in this novel from Laurie Halse Anderson where "the plot rages like the epidemic itself" (The New York Times Book Review).
During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out.
Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease.
Answer:
I think D. That or it's C.
Explanation:
His father nods but clenches his fist which means he's not happy with the trial but he's trying. His mother also forces a smile. I think it's D because, though his parents may not like it, they are trying.
I hope this helps!
In lines 9-12, symbolism is applied through the image of fire. The “glowing” fire signifies the narrator’s dimming youth, as its dull embers will soon expire and turn to “ashes.”
In line 4, Shakespeare uses personification, "sweet birds sang". Birds cannot sing but he was telling us that the birds were chirping and it sounded like a song.
In line 6 and 7, Shakespeare uses personification again. He says, "As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away". This is a personification because the night cannot "take away the sun.
All of these figurative language examples make the poem easier to read and visualize what Shakespeare is saying.
