Comprehension is best described as the ability to recognize reading strategies. appreciate the importance of a text. distinguish between fiction and nonfiction. understand the meaning of a text.

When first i engaged in this work, i resolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and myself with a prospect of the hours which i should revel away in feasts of literature . . –preface to a dictionary of the english language, samuel johnson what is the connotation of the word revel in this passage?

Which best identifies the figurative language used in this passage? cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them volley’d and thunder’d; storm’d at with shot and shell, boldly they rode and well, into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell rode the six hundred.

How does leo tolstoy contrast the characters of gerasim and ivan ilyich in the death of ivan ilyich? a) ivan ilyich doesn’t like materialistic people, and gerasim doesn’t hate anybody. b) gerasim shows concern for ivan ilyich, whereas ivan has led a self-centered life. c) ivan ilyich doesn’t treat gerasim as his son, but gerasim treats ivan as his father. d) gerasim is unhappy as a servant, whereas ivan ilyich is proud of his position in society.