What figurative language is evident in the following
sentence? "the other women crowded around the hotel's
small black-and-white television, listening to the news
anchors and watching the screen as the astronauts glided
closer and closer to the destination."

a. simile
b. metaphor
c. hyperbole
d. parallelism

what are the excerpts?

journalism is the gathering, organizing, and distribution of news -- to include feature stories and commentary -- through the wide variety of print and non-print media outlets. it is not a recent phenomenon, by any means; the earliest reference to a journalistic product comes from rome circa 59 b.c., when news was recorded in a circular called the acta diurna. it enjoyed daily publication and was hung strategically throughout the city for all to read, or for those who were able to read.

anxious,the clues in the question suggest he was embarrassed and anxious about boo radley.