Which phrase defines “chiasmus” best? the use of repetition in opposite order with the focus on the structure of the phrasing the use of repetition at the beginning of sentences or phrases a reference to something common that most people should recognize a suggestion that one thing is like another thing when they are actually opposites

In the context of the passage, what does the word torpid mean? b. predatory a. energetic c. dormant d. aquatic

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

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