What do the authors of “alabanza” and “the grass” have in common?
a deep respect of nature
an unusual sense of humor
a feeling of love that is rare and precious
an understanding of consequences

i think it is "a deep respect of nature"

What is a brief and often humorous statement of truth or opinion, such as "a watched pot never boils"

Identify an example of an epic simile in book 13, book 21, or book 24 of the odyssey and explain how it is different from a typical simile.

Excerpt from saving the thrift store: a dramalee washington2rosa: eddie, i don’t recognize the shirt you’re wearing. when did you get it? 3louis: it doesn’t look as disheveled as the soccer shirts you wear all the time.4eddie: well, i’m not going to tiptoe through the soccer field to keep my clothes neat. (louis playfully aims a soccer ball at eddie. rosa deflects it.)5rosa: what i was trying to say is that the shirt looks really good. (louis wanders over to the morning newspaper that is still sitting on the front lawn. he leafs through it while eddie and rosa talk.) in line 5, which point is rosa making when she says eddie’s shirt looks good? a) the store must have new merchandise. b) rosa is jealous of eddie’s new shirt. c) eddie must have done his own laundry. d) eddie often wears old, tattered shirts.