Which best explains what compression is?

A. Packing a lot of meaning into a few words

B. Adding more adjectives to your sentences

C. Cutting out important words and ideas

D. Removing vivid details from your writing

What is the subject? what does that mean?

Which of the following is an example of indirect quotation? Select one: O a. Torres said to me that he was going to get revenge for his nephew's death. O b. "I thought, Man, I'm going to take care of business," he told me recently c.

In what way does the following line from Hamlet describe one of the main themes of Shakespeare's play? Something's rotten in the state of Denmark.

A technique in literature that indicates something beforehand that occurs later in the literary work

The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon and, with them, finally, our illusions.

In a minimum of 150 words, describe the speaker in this poem. What is his attitude and how does it affect the meaning of the poem?

What does it mean when someone says, "Well I'm no doctor so my advice is when u get home, rest and take it easy ".

What type of action verb is the bold word? The weather bureau predicts rain for tomorrow. A. visible B. mental

Which is the best definition of figurative language? A. language that is straightforward and clear in its use of examples and illustrations B. language that is full of foreign expressions and words that are used very rarely C.

The fire is crackling in the night? A. fire B. crackling C. night