Select all that can you determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word when identified without consulting the dictionary.

a. etymology
b. part of speech
c. vocabulary
d. pronunciation

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.

Whos a good poet to listen to? i got back into shane koyczan and i'm wondering if anything else is out there.

Which of the following lines from “the poetic interpretation of the twist” contains a simile?