(50 points) in a house the size of a postage stamp
lived a man as big as a barge.
his mouth could drink the entire river
you could say it was rather large
for dinner, he would eat a trillion beans
and a silo full of grain,
washed it down with a tanker of milk
as if he were a drain.

which best states the theme of the poem?
a) a healthy appetite can lead to power.
b) too much appetite can leave one empty.
c) people should watch how much they eat.
d) people should feed the hungry in their communities.
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what is the dominant type of figurative language used in the poem?
a) hyperbole
b) metaphor
c) simile
d) synecdoche

Will mark as brainliest excerpt from the christmas carol: use this information to deepen your understanding of the character. oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. the cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. a frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. he carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at christmas. race: use this organizational method to guide your writing- r – restate the prompt a – answer the prompt/questions c – cite evidence e – explain the evidence write your response here:

How does the author foreshadow trouble in the prison? support your answer with explicit textual evidence

What does this dialogue reveal about louise? she follows some of the spiritual ideas of the pueblo people. she is a devout follower of the catholic church. she often turns to father paul for support and guidance. she wants teofilo to receive his last rites from father paul.