Which figurative languages does the author use to make the following sentence more creative and descriptive for the reader?

"The world was ghost-quiet, except for the crack of sails and burbling of water against the hull."

Answer:

personification

Explanation:

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You are writing a response to a newspaper editorial urging your city to install a red light camera to reduce traffic accidents at a dangerous intersection.

Which part of the editorial would provide the best evidence for your thesis that the writer is wrong to claim that the cameras make intersections safer?


Claiming that the writer’s stated job as a traffic officer is a conflict of interest


Pointing out that the study the writer cites as proof that red light cameras reduce the number of broad side crashes also reports they increase the number of rear end collisions


Using the writer’s statistics on the number of tickets issued by red light cameras at similar intersection to suggest the real motive is to raise money from fines


Countering the writer’s story about the number of accidents and near misses he has seen at the intersection with your observation that you haven’t seen many crashes there

The highs and lows of voice tone are called what?
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At the beginning of chapter 1, Mattie oversleeps and finds herself in the _____________ of her mother having to nag her to wake up and get to work.
a. Situation
b. Emergency
c. Predicament
d. Disaster

2. What is Morrie's reaction upon learning that he is dying of an incurable disease and
doesn't have long to live?
3. How do Morrie's relationships with friends, family, and students change as a result of his illness?
4. Why does Morrie decide to organize a "living funeral" for himself?
5. How did his uncle's death affect Mitch?

Making a man: how does a 21st-century boy reach manhood? who is the Essays audience

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What other examples can you give about how things have improved
from 1950 until now. 70 years ago until now.
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What are you up to tomorrow? Well, actually ______(I\see) Sue regarding the conference meeting.

if you’re asked to do outside research for an academic essay , where should most of the information from that research go ?
A) conclusión
B) body paragraphs
C) introduction
D) topic sentences

from “Mother Tongue”
by Amy Tan
Lately, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” English. But I wince when I say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of empirical evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
My mother has long realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she. In this guise, I was forced to ask for information or even to complain and yell at people who had been rude to her. One time it was a call to her stockbroker in New York. She had cashed out her small portfolio and it just so happened we were going to go to New York the next week, our very first trip outside California. I had to get on the phone and say in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs. Tan.”
And my mother was standing in the back whispering loudly, “Why he don’t send me check, already two weeks late. So mad he lie to me, losing me money.”
And then I said in perfect English, “Yes, I’m getting rather concerned. You had agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.”
Then she began to talk more loudly. “What he want, I come to New York tell him front of his boss, you cheating me.” And I was trying to calm her down, make her be quiet, while telling the stockbroker, “I can’t tolerate any more excuses. If I don’t receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I’m in New York next week.” And sure enough, the following week there we were in front of this astonished stockbroker, and I was sitting there red-faced and quiet, and my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting at his boss in her impeccable broken English.

Which of the following words adds irony to the last paragraph?
A.
“whispering”
B.
“impeccable”
C.
“pretend”
D.
“imperfect”
E.
“adolescent”

[15 points]

Which of the following is NOT a tenet used by the modernist writers?

Question 1 options:

a) Highlight the alienation of the individual in the modern world


b) Capture the cynicism and disappointment that many people felt toward outdated nineteenth-century ideas


c) Use experimental language and techniques and writing from multiple perspectives and in different voices


d) Accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative

Which one is correct?
A)I usually can't play it.
B)I can't usually play it.
C)A and B are both correct.

what is the relationship between main idea and supporting details

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1.Which portion of the narrative arc would define the following portion from “The Oasis: Africa”?


"Suddenly the Sheikh stopped and pointed to the south. The caravan halted, and everyone prepared his arm. Matchlocks were primed, cartridges rammed home, and swords loosened in their sheaths. Was it the Tuaregs again across our path? But Mohammed, the keen-eyed, shouted joyfully—
“The oasis, the oasis! I see the palm-trees.'”

Question 3 options:
A.Exposition
B.Rising Action
C.Complicating Incident
D.Climax


2.Which detail in “The Oasis: Africa” DOES NOT support the idea that the Sahara Desert is perilous?


A."Misery of hunger, torture of thirst; unending discomfort of swarming lice."

B."This danger past, we had lost another day making a wide detour to the east in order to avoid the fierce, tameless Tuaregs, who were marauding in the district."

C."Canopus, the great star of prehistoric Egypt, blazed white above the horizon; Sirius shone like a peerless diamond, and Aldebaran like a ruby."

D."One day the dreaded sirocco had swept upon us."



3.Which textual evidence from “The Interlopers” supports the conclusion that hatred eventually takes its own revenge?

A."If only on this wild night, in this dark, lone spot, he might come across Georg Znaeym, man to man, with none to witness—that was the wish that was uppermost in his thoughts."

B."'Who are they?' asked Georg quickly, straining his eyes to see what the other would gladly not have seen. 'Wolves.'"

C."An idea was slowly forming and growing in his brain, an idea that gained strength every time that he looked across at the man who was fighting so grimly against pain and exhaustion.”

D,Relief at being alive and exasperation at his captive plight brought a strange medley of pious thank-offerings and sharp curses to Ulrich's lips.”



4.ow does the narrator's point of view from "The Interlopers" shape what the reader learns from the narrative?

A.First-person point of view only lets the reader know what Georg Znaeym was thinking.

B.An omniscient narrator lets the reader know everything about the characters and events in this story.

C.First-person point of view only lets the reader know what Ulrich von Gradwitz was thinking.

D.Third-person point of view gives narration of this story from the perspective of one of the wolf pups as he told this background story to the others in the pack while they were settling down for the night picking their teeth and reminiscing from the day’s adventures.




5.Based on what readers learn from this excerpt from "The Interlopers," Why didn't the two neighbors shoot one another?


"The two enemies stood glaring at one another for a long silent moment. Each had a rifle in his hand, each had hate in his heart and murder uppermost in his mind. The chance had come to give full play to the passions of a lifetime. But a man who has been brought up under the code of a restraining civilisation cannot easily nerve himself to shoot down his neighbour in cold blood and without word spoken, except for an offence against his hearth and honour."

A.Ulrich von Gradwitz couldn’t pull the trigger on Georg because Georg, or Georgette (her real name), was his girlfriend in high school.

B.Their powder was wet, so they decided to duel with blades.

C.Because of their code of honor

D,They couldn’t see through the rain storm.




6.Which sentence DOES NOT provide evidence that the narrator in "The Black Cat" may be unreliable?

A,"From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition."

B."My immediate purpose is to place before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment, a series of mere household events."

C."We had birds, gold-fish, a fine dog, rabbits, a small monkey and a cat."

D,"Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence."





7.Read this excerpt from “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe.


"Hereafter, perhaps, some intellect may be found which will reduce my phantasm to the common-place—some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than my own, which will perceive, in the circumstances I detail with awe, nothing more than an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects."

What does the phrase, “common-place,” mean?

A.Smelly

B.Out of place

C.Random

D,Normal/Acceptable



8.How does the first-person point of view affect the overall story in "The Black Cat"?

A.It gives readers insight into the twisted thoughts and feelings of the man condemned to die.

B.It makes readers feel at ease as they read a chilling story.


B.It allows the narrator to give information about the feelings of the man as well as his wife’s feelings.

D.It gives readers an intimate experience of what it feels like to have one's eye cut out with a pocket knife.

Which of the following sentences does not belong in this cause-and-effect
paragraph?
The hot weather this spring caused three big problems for
me. First, it dried out all my flowerbeds and killed my
flowers. I tried to keep up with the watering for a while,
which drove up my water bill to frightening levels. And to
add insult to injury, I got a terrible sunburn while out
watering. All the warm weather really caused some
problems for me this spring. It did help warm up my pool,
though.
O A. All the warm weather really caused some problems for me this
spring
OB. First, it dried out all my flowerbeds and killed my flowers.
O C. The hot weather this spring caused three big problems for me.
O D. It did help warm up my pool, though.

with the increasing number of human population do you think our resources could sustain enough?​

Identify the non-finite verb forms in this sentence: She was looking for her sister.

judging by the final speeches of the play, what do you think is creons fatal law?

What are the elements in poetry

If you were a knight 1,000 years ago...
• Would you prefer to be born into knighthood, or earn knighthood with a wealthy
sponsor? Why?

Which one is correct?
A)I can not eat hamburgers.
B)I cannot eat hamburgers
C)I can't eat hamburgers.

7. If an uncle keeps telling a main character that he will never achieve anything, then the main character is experiencing
conflict.
external
outside
internal
inside

Read the following excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds."

Leon stared at the new moccasins that Teofilo had made for the ceremonial dances in the summer. They were nearly hidden by the red blanket. It was getting colder, and the wind pushed gray dust down the narrow pueblo road.

Which of the following items acts as a symbol in this excerpt?
the moccasins
the red blanket
the wind
the road

Language arts
No reason just have some points

Entrepreneurship helps to create new businesses resulting in new employment and can produce a favorable and positive effect in the economy.

Each of them _____ a medal for bravery. A. deserves
B. deserve
C. deserving
D. None of the above​

Which statement best describes the purpose of the introductory paragraph in
a compare-and-contrast essay?
O A. To draw conclusions about the two things being compared
O B. To explain why the two things are being compared
C. To present evidence that shows how two things differ
O D. To introduce reasons why the two things are similar

what is the relationship between currency and dollar bills? \
A. Dollar bills are worth more than currency in stores.
B. Dollar bills are a type of currency that people use.
C. Dollar bills are easier to use than currency.

In your reading of Twelfth Night, you probably noticed that William Shakespeare’s characters speak a language that is different from contemporary conversational English. In the table below, rephrase lines from the play into modern wording, changing word choice, sentence structure, and poetic devices as needed. Then describe what is lost in literary richness and what is gained in accessibility.

3)
The narrator describes Colonel Killigrew as not believing a word of the doctor's story. However, Killigrew's words indicate that
A) he will listen a bit more.
B) the other guests are as doubtful as he is.
C) he is interested in its possibilities for him.
D) Heidegger has already discussed the fountain of youth with him.
4)
Which object in the story has the potential to influence the plot most dramatically?
A) the mirror in the study
B) the statue of Hippocrates
C) the painting of Sylvia Ward
D) the vase of water on the table