Roderick hastily retreated from the conversation. his friends were sharing their life histories, and nobody could ever learn his. as it was, his friends believed he had moved to town from ohio. they thought he was a good math student and a decent basketball player. he scanned their brains for any suspicion, but they knew nothing of his powers. for a beat, he imagined sharing some details of his heroics, then he considered the repercussions. instead, he would keep his distance and his secrets. why is this writing considered fiction? because it tells an imagined story with unrealistic details because it explains an important historical event because it includes the author’s personal thoughts because it contains researched facts about a person’s life

What sound device is used in the following excerpt from how the animals lost their tails and got them back traveling from philadelphia to medicine hat by carl sandburg

What was the effect of voice, tone, and imagery in “diary 33” and “diary 24” from the freedom writers diary by erin gruwell and the freedom writers? use examples from the text to support your response.

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.