Which of the following is an example of situational irony? a. the shyest person in class is too nervous to give a speech in front of the school. b. a man plans a july picnic in the mojave desert, but it is spoiled by rain. c. a boston school district cancels classes because of a snowstorm in mid-january. d. a popular band goes on tour, selling out each performance before you can buy a ticket.

What time of day would you expect to see a first quarter moonrise?

In which sentence does the underlined adverb modify a verb? (i’ll put the words that are underlined in caps) a. water young plants often. b. water young plants rather often. c. we generally water young plants often. d. water very young plants often.

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia