Find Metaphor, Simile, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Oxymoron, and Alliteration Sadie sat down at the computer, opened a browser, and typed in the web address. Shopping online had recently become a sport for her. She loved eBay and took great pleasure in outbidding an opponent for a desired item. She had her eye on a blood red blanket that would be beautiful in her basement living room. As the auction clock ticked down, her finger waited, like a poisonous snake, ready to strike. Just as she submitted the bid, her computer threw a fit and shut the browser completely down. "Good grief!" she exclaimed.

Realism was a fairly influential and widespread literary movement in the united states in the latter half of the nineteenth century. which american writer is among the pioneers of american realism? a. ernest hemingway b. f. scott fitzgerald c. j. d. salinger d. mark twain

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. a persons struggle to understand his or her spirituality is an example of a literature a) tone b) theme c)inference d)moral