Which best explains why writers may have favorite words
a) they have personal preferences about the meaning or sound of certain words
b) they try to select words that are unlikely to offend a majority of readers
c) they understand that some words are objectively better than others
d) they want to choose words that most people have never heard before

What would be an example of foreshadowing in a story about a magician who ends up going bad from too much power? a. the author shows the magician preparing his tricks before a show. b. the narrator describes the magician's rise in popularity at the beginning of the story. c. the reader is first introduced to the magician having fun scaring audiences with his tricks. d. the story begins on a cold autumn day in the suburbs of a big city

"ten from the sea to the sand he walks,to look in the soil, but not in the box''!

What were the prisoners rations at each meal