Answer:
B. strange
C. littered
D. rubbery
E. fungus
Explanation:
On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. She was pulling black veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns. The kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: A slimy rock cod with bulging fish eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pain of hot oil. Tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges. A bowl soaking dried fungus back to life. A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.
How many syllables are in each line of the excerpt?
Eight.
<span>Crumb, fragment, and grain.</span>
Answer: The contrasts are that Anne is very outgoing and asking a lot of questions while Peter seems like he doesn't want to talk to her and he doesn't like to hangout with his friends when he was in school. He is an overall shy and awkward person while Anne is adventurous and wanting to do things. The author wanted to show these differences because it kind of reveals that they don't really fit each other's personality very well and they can't really relate to a lot of things.
Explanation:
