1.)the storm *remains* a threat to the costal village

a.)action verb
b.)linking verb**
c.)direct object
d.)indirect object.

2.)which of these is a direct characterization of ted from " my brothers keeper "
a.)im your kids brother five years younger than you are and all the time,all through the years i had to act like i was the older brother**
b.)"i got scared.scared. i wasn't myself.i wasn't"
c.)and jamie thought how on the foot ball field ted loomed large, so very large
d.)ted looked fearfully at him and didn't speak

3.)in frost's poem " Mending wall."the lines " i see him there,/bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top/in each hand,like an old-stone savaged armed" uses which poetic device?
a.) simile
b.)metaphor**
c.)alliteration
d.)personification

4.)which of the following best describes the setting of Maya Angelou's" i know why the caged bird sings"?
a.)the girls often held hand and no longer bothered to speak to lower students
b.)parents who could afford it had ordered new shoes and ready-made clothes for themselves from sears and roebuck or Montgomery ward.
c.)the high school seniors would wait in empty classrooms to make their dramatic entrance****
d.)their was a large expanse to the left of the school, which was used alternatively as a baseball diamond or a basketball court

5.)in " a sound of thunder," the butter fly symbolizes?
a.)a fragility of life
b.)spring,rebirth,renewal**
c.)changing into a new beginning
d.)flying towards one dream

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However, I am not familiar with the prose selections.

then what is question 1?

1.) The word "remains" in the given sentence is a) an action verb. To determine if a word is an action verb, you need to identify if it describes an action that someone or something is doing. In this case, "remains" describes the action of the storm continuing to be a threat. Therefore, option a) is the correct answer.

2.) The direct characterization of Ted from "My Brother's Keeper" is a) "I'm your kid's brother, five years younger than you are, and all the time, all through the years I had to act like I was the older brother." Direct characterization involves explicitly stating a character's attributes or personality traits. In this quote, Ted directly describes himself and reveals the dynamic between him and the narrator. Therefore, option a) is the correct answer.

3.) The poetic device used in the lines "I see him there, bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top, in each hand, like an old-stone savage armed" from Frost's poem "Mending Wall" is b) metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes one thing in terms of another by asserting that one thing is another thing. In this case, the speaker is comparing the person carrying the stone to an "old-stone savage armed." Therefore, option b) is the correct answer.

4.) The best description of the setting of Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is d) there was a large expanse to the left of the school, which was used alternatively as a baseball diamond or a basketball court. The setting refers to the time and place in which a story takes place. The described scene of a large expanse being used as a baseball diamond or a basketball court provides insight into the physical environment surrounding the characters. Therefore, option d) is the correct answer.

5.) In "A Sound of Thunder," the butterfly symbolizes b) spring, rebirth, renewal. Symbolism refers to the use of objects, characters, or concepts to represent ideas or qualities beyond their literal meaning. In this case, the butterfly represents the idea of a new beginning or rejuvenation. Therefore, option b) is the correct answer.

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