30. read the following passage from first connfession in which the main character has just entered the confessional.
it must have been then that i noticed the shelf at about one height with my head. it was really a place for grown up people to rest their elbows, but in my distracted state i thought it was probably the place you were supposed to kneel. of course, it was on the high side and not very deep, but i was always good at climbing and managed to get up alright. staying up was the
"what are you doing up there? " he shouted in an angry voice, and the strain the politeness was putting on my hold of the molding, and the shock of being addressed in such an uncivil tone, were too much for me.

which of the following stylistic elements is used by the writer to create humor in these lines?
a) hyperbole
b) incongruity
c) irony
d) sarcasm

Haagen-dazs, which is owned by general mills, said bees are actually responsible for % of its 60 flavors - such as strawberry, toasted pecan and banana split. identify the percent

Subject: save the whales! dear professor crest, i know you are really busy and everything, but i was hoping that you could spend more time thinking about how to save the whales. it’s up to us to speak up on their behalf. it’s really wrong that some amusement parks use these poor, defenseless animals for recreational purposes. this must be stopped, and you’re the person to do it! ttyl, jules which revisions would make this e-mail more formal? check all that apply. a. removing the contractions b. removing the exclamation points c. removing the salutation d. removing the slang and casual speech e. removing the information about amusement parks

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]