Am I using the world 'subterfuge' correctly in this sentence:

She bribed her husband's doctor into the subterfuge of giving him medicine that was actually poison.

Screech! The car cam to a stop.

The giant beast's fiercest attack was no competition for the mighty water spirit, for she was more forceful than any creature of land or sea. What comparative adjective is used in this sentence?

Define persistence

Read the sentence. Frederick Douglass spoke to Americans and Canadians. What is the complete prepositional phrase? A. to Canadians B. to Americans C. to Americans and Canadians D. spake to

Why would timid not be an appropriate word to describe Earhart's flying?

1. In a textbook, where could you find a timeline of events during the Peloponnesian War? (A) appendix (B) table of contents (C) glossary (D) chapter summary 2. Which is a story designed to be performed on a stage? (A) poetry (B) fiction (C) drama 3.

How did the Utah Valley Production of the tempest portray caliban as an outcast?

It may be reasonably inferred from the passage that Mrs. Tilley A) needs Sylvia to live on her farm less than Sylvia wants to live there. B) needs Sylvia to live on her farm more than Sylvia wants to live there.

Which sentence uses an adverbial phrase? A) The church youth group collected water bottles to recycle. B) The printers stopped working and refused to even power up. C) Everyone needs to take his or her test in complete silence.

Read the passage. Paraphrased from "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" A friend of the narrator's asks him to call on talkative old Simon Wheeler. The friend says he wants news of his friend Reverend Leonidas W. Smiley.