Which of the following is a compound sentence?(1 point) It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo.

To get to the zoo, we took the train and a cab.

Before we left, I bought a hat at the gift shop.

We saw elephants, lions, seals, and an aardvark.

Which of the following is a complex sentence?(1 point)

The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.

Ellie had been to the mountains, but her brother had never seen them.

Ellie wants to go back and eventually live in the mountains someday.

Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them.

Authors will vary their sentence structure to make their writing .(1 point)

more complex

more interesting

more simple

more biographical

The connotation of a word is the .(1 point)

way it is read out loud.

sentence structure it is used in.

way the author uses it.

feeling associated with it.

Choose the letter of the word that most clearly expresses the tone in each passage. if you are unfamiliar with any of the words, look them up before you select the correct answer. we have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. they lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered children. we bid them a final farewell. question 1 options: forgiving sorrowful angry amused

When lawrence saw the posters for the circus hanging on the bulletin board, as he swept up the trimmings at slim's barbershop, he knew he would be taking his little cousins. they loved animals, and he was looking forward to seeing the smiles on their faces as the circus performers amazed them with their stunts. but sweeping up hair clippings didn't pay a whole lot. lawrence spent 45 dollars just getting tickets. but it was worth it to see his cousins' faces. the day finally came and everyone was excited as they walked into that big circus tent. but lawrence soon realized that he and his cousins would be thirsty and hungry. as they sat in their seats, the drink vendor walked by selling beverages. desperately thirsty, lawrence asked him how much a lemonade would cost, and the drink vendor said, "eleven dollars each." lawrence replied, "oh, that's it? just eleven dollars? what a great deal for one cup of lemonade. that's totally worth it." the drink vendor walked away. which type of irony is used?

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances. there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.