Which semantic field would suggest danger to the reader? 1.Toys and games: (play, jump, run, scramble, catch, swing, cheer, scream, yelp).

2.Sadness: (deflated, blue, limp, sagging, low, shrunken, cold, silent).

3.Weapons and war: (barrel, gun, target, scope, bullseye, kill-shot).

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.

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Read this passage: he put in his finger, and drew out a nose! ivan jakovlevitch at first let his hands fall from sheer astonishment; then he rubbed his eyes and began to feel it. a nose, an actual nose; and, moreover, it seemed to be the nose of an acquaintance! alarm and terror were depicted in ivan's face; but these feelings were slight in comparison with the disgust which took possession of his wife. "whose nose have you cut off, you monster? " she screamed, her face red with anger. "you scoundrel! you tippler! i myself will report you to the police! such a rascal! many customers have told me that while you were shaving them, you held them so tight by the nose that they could hardly sit still." nikolai gogol, "the nose" how is this passage from "the nose" typical of the genre of magical realism? a. ivan and his wife wonder how a nose came to be alive and in the bread. b. ivan is angry at those who have more money than he does, but he doesn't know what to do about it. c. ivan and his wife are shocked to see the nose, but they don't question where it came from. d. ivan's wife yells at her husband, but she really loves him and is frightened at what he's done.