Page 1 peter. i suppose you miss your friends and all.

anne. it isn't just . . (she breaks off, staring up at him for a second.) isn't it funny, you and i? here we’ve been seeing each other every minute for almost a year and a half, and this is the first time we've ever really talked. it a lot to have someone to talk to, don't you think? it you to let off steam.

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page 2 peter (going to the door). well, any time you want to let off steam, you can come into my room.

anne (following him). i can get up an awful lot of steam. you'll have to be careful how you say that.

peter. it’s all right with me.

anne. do you mean it?

peter. i said it, didn’t i?

explain how this passage shows the theme, “it is important to have someone you can share your feelings with.” use details from the passage in your answer.

On one of his many outings through the brobdingnagian countryside, gulliver walks on a small path through a field. during this walk on the small path, how does gulliver get dirty? a. the dwarf throws at gulliver, b. the queen of brobdingnagian steps on gulliver, c. gulliver gets caught in a rainstorm, and d. gulliver falls in cow dung.

How does the author's use of hyperbole to characterize jim smily? a) it characterizes smily as an introverted loner who prefers books to people. b) it characterizes smily as a man who is kind and nurturing toward others who are less fortunate. c) it characterizes smily as a man who is evil and vindictive toward any one who crosses his path. d) it characterizes smily as a man who is a risk-taker who willing bets on anything and with anyone.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile