Read this excerpt from "the gun" by philip k. duck: and behind came more carts, some with relays, some with firing controls, some with tools and parts, screws and bolts, pins and nuts. the final one contained atomic warheads. the carts lined up behind the first one, the lead cart. the lead cart started off, across the frozen ground, bumping calmly along, followed by the others. moving toward the city. to the damaged gun. with these final lines of "the gun," the reader has more knowledge about what will happen in the future than do the characters in the story. which of these rhetorical devices has duck used in the ending of his story? euphemism dramatic irony hyperbole sarcasm

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.

How can you tell that the text is from a biography

In the essay “drowning in dishes,” what is ironic about the fact that danial’s first position in his new job is the dishwashing station?