Which word is closest to the meaning of the underlined word as it is used in the paragraph?

use the thesaurus to find the correct meaning.

the weather this summer has been extremely hot. all the blooms on the rosebushes in karen’s garden are beginning to wither. the heat and the sun are making the petals turn brown, and they crumble between my fingers.

wither
v. decay
v. droop
v. dry
v. shrink

a.
decay

b.
droop

c.
dry

d.
shrink

wither is the underline owrd

In at least one hundred words, discuss how the man with the umbrella in sorrentino’s “there’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella” is an example of an extended metaphor and what central theme he conveys.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

Which statement best completes its flow of reasoning