Which of the following would be considered a nonacademic skill? a.  writingb.  close readingc.  organizingd.  conducting research

“second, the reviewer must know the current trends in movie-making. what types of technology are available? are audiences more drawn to low-budget, independent films, or huge, explosive blockbusters? ” the passage above is explaining a. important information you must have before watching a movie c. what a reviewer must understand to write effective reviews b. why it is impossible to understand the movie business d. how to break into the cinematography business

Which of the following are characteristics of free verse in “the child is not dead”? select all that apply. -sounds like spoken speech -use of punctuation at the end of each line -no regular rhyme scheme -use of rhymed words at the end of each line (edit) the answer is a & c

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme