(50 points) in a house the size of a postage stamp
lived a man as big as a barge.
his mouth could drink the entire river
you could say it was rather large
for dinner, he would eat a trillion beans
and a silo full of grain,
washed it down with a tanker of milk
as if he were a drain.

which best states the theme of the poem?
a) a healthy appetite can lead to power.
b) too much appetite can leave one empty.
c) people should watch how much they eat.
d) people should feed the hungry in their communities.
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what is the dominant type of figurative language used in the poem?
a) hyperbole
b) metaphor
c) simile
d) synecdoche

What can you infer about gregor from this excerpt? a. he is ungrateful and refuses to eat all of the food that grete brings for him b. his appetite is good, which shows that his body is trying to return to human form c. he always eats trash, and grete is trying to get him to remember being human d. his eating habits are changing, and he is becoming physically less human

What is the value of x in the equation? 43 7 x − 31 2 = 12 a) 32 5 b) 31 2 c) 33 4 d) 36 7

Read the paragraph. theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reform. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the wealthy and powerful corporations and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities. which sentence is the thesis of this paragraph? theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reforms. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the people and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities.