Which sentences are written using a formal style? Select all that apply.

A. Of the 6.5 million pets that are in shelters, about 3 million are adopted each year.

B. The number of pets in shelters has been declining, but it’s still higher than lots of people would want it to be.

C. My family adopted a dog from the local shelter, and we’re just crazy about her.

D. While pets who are adopted at an older age may have some unknown problems, the opportunity to save a life is compelling to many pet owners.

Which best states a theme of "birdfoot's grampa”? a look before you leap. b technology nature. c respect one’s elders. d with age comes wisdom.

Pls excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest—in the gale—is heard— and sore must be the storm— that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm— [3] i've heard it in the chillest land— and on the strangest sea— yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb—of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird “never … asked a crumb of me.” which type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

2points how might kafka's relationship with his father have affected his writing? what’s the answer