Dan: did you see how he ran? i mean i know he does it because he can. but, is he a magician or just a regular man? ivan: so? big deal. stan can run. i can jump high. dan: in your dreams. you'll never be an olympic-level athlete. stan is magic! ivan: okay, go tell him. dan: i did. he doesn't think he is that good. ivan: really? even i have to admit that stan is talented. the poetic technique used in this play is a. humor. b. rhyme. c. imagery. d. sensory details.

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.