life or death
will give branliest ;

read the passages from "the battle of blenheim: "
who fell in the great victory.

for many thousand men," said he,
"were slain in that great victory."

but everybody said," quoth he,
"that 'twas a famous victory.

what is ironic about the passage?

the grandfather repeats a line about a war he knows nothing about.

the grandfather is choked up about the war because it brings back memories.

the grandfather is telling his grandchild a story from a war that he fought.

the grandfather demonstrated a strong belief in war.

The grandfather repeats a line about a war he knows nothing about.

In this poem, the grandfather is telling his granddaughter about a famous battle, the battle of Blenheim. As he describes it, he keeps repeating that the battle was a "famous victory." He seems to admire the battle, and to believe it to have been remarkable. However, the irony is that, at the end, it becomes clear that the grandfather does not know why the battle was fought or what came out of it.

b)metaphor

explanation:

when reading the sentence carefully it says,"hope is a thing with feathers" it's like saying: hope is a thing like feathers

get what i'm saying? instead of using a smilie like or as they use "with"

it would be nice enough if i got .

the answer is a.

explanation:

the clause "looking toward the south" modifies "a funnel cloud." it's not really the cloud that's "looking," but grammatically, that clause is modifying the cloud.