When was the last time you...: - put your foot in it? Why? What did you say? - find it impossible to keep a straight face? - bought something that cost an arm and a leg? For these questions, I need an answer in just one phrase!

Consider tim o’brien’s story "ambush." what differences do you see between how o’brien dealt with killing an enemy soldier in the moment of battle compared to looking back on the moment later in life? what might this contrast reveal about the effects of war?

Find a newspaper or magazine (either print or digital form), and select one piece of media to evaluate. after reading/viewing the media, describe it, and explain what you believe the purpose and intended audience of the piece may have been. then, label the techniques (images, layout, video, sound, etc.) that were used, and how those techniques interacted to create either an effective or ineffective piece of media. your response should be at least 200 words.

Returning from vietnam, we were 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. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.