Amy Tan uses details to show that her family's meal was embarrassing. Her description of her father burping uses imagery because the reader can imagine hearing her father's burp. The guests are astonished, which means they are shocked.

Manny realizes that the castle described in the book he is reading stands for a larger idea : paradise. which literary device is the author using ?

Which word in the sentence is a direct object? grandmother brought the whole family a present. a. grandmother b. present c. family d. whole

He had only gone a few steps when he heard some one calling him from behind. on turning back he was much surprised to see that the monster dragon had entirely disappeared and in its place was a strange-looking man, who was bowing most ceremoniously to the ground. his red hair streamed over his shoulders and was surmounted by a crown in the shape of a dragon's head, and his sea-green dress was patterned with shells. hidesato knew at once that this was no ordinary mortal and he wondered much at the strange occurrence. —"my lord bag of rice," yei theodora ozak which element of a folktale is included in this excerpt? a) characters with exaggerated abilities b) a lesson about human behavior c) details changed by different storytellers d) characters who play tricks