Questions 2–9: Give an appropriate synonym for the italicized word in each of the following sentences.
2. We attended a wonderful performance of Shakespeare's King Richard III.
3. The picnic took place on a wonderful afternoon in May in an orchard by a lake.
4. The pasta dishes at the new restaurant in the park are wonderful
5. Due to the heavy snow, the company was closed and we spent a wonderful day at home
6. The new employee has a wonderful personality
7. Even though the play was on Broadway, the performance we saw was terrible.
8. It's a terrible article, mostly because the author doesn't know his subject well.
9. The food at the new restaurant is terrible.

The book the sweet hereafter: in three or four paragraphs, compare and contrast the irony of nichole's reasons for lying to the court about the accident to another well-known character who lies that you have encountered in literature. which of these characters had a better reason to lie: your character or nichole? which of these characters got the outcome they hoped for when they told the lie? what does the irony in each story say about the nature of truth and lies? (note: some famous literary liars you might consider writing about are: elizabeth proctor or abigail williams from the crucible; odysseus from the odyssey; romeo from romeo and juliet; tom or daisy buchanan from the great gatsby; arthur dimmesdale from the scarlet letter; the narrator or marla singer from fight club; cyrano or christian from cyrano de bergerac; sheherazhad from arabian nights; huck finn from the adventures of huckleberry finn; pip from great expectations, or a liar of your choice from a book or play you have read/seen)

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text