Why is the number of words severely limited in Newspeak?

The gloom inside the house enveloped me as I stepped through the door. All around I could hear stealthy footsteps and ominous creaking. As an unearthly cry filled the room, I let out my own cry of dread.

The building is the (big) in town

Which of these sentences is an example of paradox? a. out of the frying pan, into the fire. b. my argument is right because i said so. c. through science, we will kill death itself. d. money doesn't grow on trees, you know.

We hit a snag while rowing to shore.

Is this poem written in first person? (I'm assuming yes because the author uses "us" in it. "Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each one of us may write His word or two; and then comes night.

Identify the subject: the ball hit the edge of the goalpost and bounced off?

What happened to Abigail? * A.) she married John. B.) she dies. C.) she ran away. D.) she was elected governor

Choose any two characters studied in semester B, and compare them to one another. The characters that you choose may be characters in a story or the narrators of poetry or nonfiction.

What literary device is used? Paragraph 7: His under jaw'd begin to stick out like the fo' castle of a steamboat, and his teeth would uncover, and shine savage like the furnaces. A) alliteration B) personification C) simile

How is the underlined pronoun used in the sentence? Who is your all-time favorite comedian? a. direct object b. object of a preposition c. subject