Richie had felt a mad, exhilarating kind of energy growing in the room. . . . He thought he recognized the feeling from his childhood, when he felt it every day and had come to take it merely as a matter of course. He supposed that, if he had ever thought about that deep-running aquifer of energy as a kid (he could not recall that he ever had), he would have simply dismissed it as a fact of life, something that would always be there, like the color of his eyes . . . . Well, that hadn't turned out to be true. The energy you drew on so extravagantly when you were a kid, the energy you thought would never exhaust itself—that slipped away somewhere between eighteen and twenty-four, to be replaced by something much duller . . . purpose, maybe, or goals . . . .Which word describes the tone in this excerpt best?

optimistic
nostalgic
ironic
romantic

Describe any incident of gulliver travels in detail

Which of the following best describes the language and imagery used by Carl Sandburg in "Grass"?A. Complex and unfamiliar
B. Simple and direct
C. Elaborate & direct
D. Formal and unrealistic

Lucy is studying for a test on literary devices. In her notes, she comes across the following definition:an idea that is played down or treated casually
Which literary device does the definition describe?

What industry employs the most workers in mexico

Identify the complete sentence.3.
a. chocolate milk, chocolate fudge, ice cream and candy
b. the average american nearly twelve pounds of chocolate each year.
c. the scientific name for chocolate is Theobrina cacao.
d. loosely translated to " the foods of the gods"
4.
a. anne e. kelley, a professor at University of wisconsin.
b. kelley studies the effects of chemicals in chocolate.
c. including something called pheylethylamine .
d. may acually prevent several serious diseases.

What part of speech ,inference ,and the definition of the word abominable ?