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read the excerpt below and answer the question.
we have been here two weeks, and i haven't felt like writing before, since that first day.
i am sitting by the window now, up in this atrocious nursery, and there is nothing to hinder my writing as much
as i , save lack of strength.
john is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious.
i am glad my case is not serious!
this excerpt gives an example of which of the following?
allegory
hyperbole
irony

Apply the idea of the plain language movement to make the paragraph under “before” in section 1 more user-friendly

The war of the worlds by h. g. wells but, looking, i presently saw something stirring within the then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me – and then another the war of the worlds (radio broadcast) by orson welles good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. now it's another one, and another. they look like tentacles to me. which sentence best describes the tone of the passage from the book compared to the passage from the radio broadcast? a. the book has a more matter-of-fact tone, b. the book has an angrier tone. c. the book has a scarier tone. d. the book has a more surprised tone.

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." again rainsford lifted the heavy knocker, and let it fall. the door opened then, opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring, and rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light that poured out. the first thing rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man rainsford had ever seen—a gigantic creature, solidly made and black bearded to the waist. in his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at rainsford's heart. the details of this excerpt show that rainsford sees ivan as a(n) individual.