The reclusive writer was known to be a(n) old man, keeping the neighbors away with his unpredictable temper.

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.

Mr. amoroso is worried about jerri, a girl who is struggling in his seventh-grade class. he thinks about several different reasons why she might be having so much difficulty with her schoolwork. which one of the reasons he considers is consistent with a behaviorist perspective of learning?

In which way can an author manipulate his or her writing style? a.dictionb.sentence structurec.figures of speechd.all of the above