Read the sentences below and then answer the question that follows: In this confusing time, we must work together to untangle the mysteries that face us. Lest they send us into a spiral of unending perplexity, it is our obligation as a community to put our minds to the task.
Which words from the text best demonstrate the author's tone? (5 points)
1. Confusing, untangle, perplexity
2. Work, face, send
3. Unending, community, task
4. Time, lest, spiral

Hyperbole in the book messenger by lois lowry

Which component of a rhetorical argument is missing from the chart above? a. civics (civos) b. ethics (ethos) c. patriotics (patros) d. histrionics (histros)

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.