Read the dictionary entry. pathetic (puh-THEH-tic] adj.
1. causing to feel pity
2. relating to emotions
3. inferior
4. absurd
Read the sentence.
The kitten was so pathetic when he mewed that I had to pick him up and comfort him.
Which dictionary definition best describes how the word "pathetic" is used in this sentence?
O relating to emotions
O causing to feel pity
O inferior
O absurd

Which element in the room does the narrator in the yellow wallpaper focus on through much of the story

Which of the following events of the story actual occurs first in the sequence of events

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme