1)
identify the type of irony used in the following scenario: you are watching a cartoon of a cat chasing a mouse outside in a yard. you see the mouse run under a fence to get away from the cat. behind the fence, you see a big dog sleeping. the cat, feeling smart and superior, decides to run around the fence to get the mouse.
a) verbal irony
b) dramatic irony
c) situational irony

2) identify the complete predicate in the sentence below.
"the settlers traveled west in covered wagons"
a) traveled west
b) settlers traveled
c) traveled west in covered wagons

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.  

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.