Question

what is literary device is the following: \cyrils head, bobbing up and down, swimming to the rock... up and down--up and down... and herself, swimming in easy practised strokes after him - cleaving her way through the water but knowing, only too surely, that she wouldnt be in time...\ (4)? foreshadowing idiom allusion flashback 33 multiple choice 1 point \this place, soldier island, was really no distance at all as the crow flies\ (8). what does the idiom \as the crow flies\ mean? on the verge of doing something illegal or dangerous to try to avoid something the most direct route in a straight line a narrow escape from danger or disaster

Explanation:

1. In the first - part, the sense of urgency and the thought that she wouldn't be in time hints at future events, which is the characteristic of foreshadowing. It gives a warning or indication of what is to come.
2. The idiom "as the crow flies" is a common expression that means in a straight - line, the most direct route between two points, like how a crow would fly without following roads or obstacles.

Answer:

1. Foreshadowing
2. The most direct route in a straight line