We had the best vacation ever in the history of the world! we went to a beautiful beach. the sand was white as snow. we lay in the shade of the whispering palm trees all afternoon, watching the butterflies and birds. in the evening, the ocean was glass. we could look right down into the water and see coral castles and bright fish. when i told my friends about it, they were all green with envy. they all said they wished they could have gone! rewrite this paragraph without the figures of speech and idioms.

Tia and lin had been best friends since kindergarten. both avid soccer players, the girls decided to try out for the high school team together. unfortunately, there was just one open spot, so only one of the girls would be chosen. they both worked hard, and on tryout day, they did their best. when the team roster came out, lin was excited to see that she had made the team but sad that tia had not. tia was happy for her friend and vowed to work harder so she would make the team the next year. which sentence is the exposition of the passage

Why did orson welles change the beginning of the war of the worlds for his radio broadcast? a. to capture the attention of his listeners, who may have been doing other things b. to get around copyright laws associated with using material from a published book c. to ask members of the audience to call family and friends and encourage them to listen d. to remind listeners to call police for more information

How was don quixote different from the literature before it? how did it signal a change in the history of literature? your answer should contain at least one hundred words.